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Songwriting was merely one aspect to the Renaissance man, who was also a Golden Globe-winning actor, Golden Gloves boxer, Rhodes scholar, author, U.S. Army veteran, pilot, and onetime record-label janitor.
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Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Though Malcolm was no longer in the Nation of Islam, its members had a dress code combatting stereotypical images of Black people.
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Lawyer, actor, and socialist activist Paul Robeson was a stylish Renaissance man.
—Malaika Jabali, Essence, 7 Sep. 2024
Today, he might be called a polymath or a Renaissance man.
—Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024
After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
Though Malcolm was no longer in the Nation of Islam, its members had a dress code combatting stereotypical images of Black people.
04
Lawyer, actor, and socialist activist Paul Robeson was a stylish Renaissance man.
—Malaika Jabali, Essence, 7 Sep. 2024
Today, he might be called a polymath or a Renaissance man.
—Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024
After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
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The Grammy-winning polymath announced his Based on a True Story Summer Tour on Monday (March 17), which will hit major cities in the U.K. and Europe this summer.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2025
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Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci observed tree growth and came up with his own mathematical rule for painting trees.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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Kilmer’s specialty was giving the audience glimpses of intellect and compassion behind his steely gaze. Cruise, on the other hand, could never have pulled off Iceman.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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In terms of demeanor, Cavett and Mulaney also share a lot in common, as both are known for infusing their comedy with a certain level of intellect and intrigue.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Creative wiz Michael Lasswell is already hard at work on the set design, and of course, iconic stage talent Steve Scott is the artistic director at Dunes Summer Theatre.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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At the time, Barnett was a rising star in the speakers’ circuit because of her son Jacob, a physics wiz with autism who made headlines for excelling at school when experts doubted his abilities.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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That track record means nearly every collection Clapton has released in the style has performed exceptionally well commercially – at least when compared to other blues projects in America.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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What makes the all-star combo’s run feel like a flashback is that Yoshi’s pivoted after the SFJAZZ Center opened in 2013, deemphasizing jazz in favor of R&B, blues, soul, funky pop and sundry cover bands (hello, Fleetwood Mask).—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2025
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California doctors discovered a brain tumor under Delacruz's frontal lobe in 2010.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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The woman has no brain activity and is intubated at the hospital.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Can your brain be trained to become a chart-predicting wizard?—
Dividend Channel,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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See It, Feel It, Buy It Six years after The Who released Tommy, the British rockers followed it with a 1975 film starring Roger Daltrey as the titular pinball wizard.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2025
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There were radicals, activists, intellectuals as well as common criminals, the usual power brokers, and always a mob lurking in the background.—
Phil Terrana,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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During the Cold War, political parties, trade unions, intellectuals, civil-society organizations, and even religious leaders forged transnational ties in defense of democratic ideas—remember the AFL-CIO’s embrace of Poland’s Solidarity movement?—
Michael McFaul,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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In shades of pink and purple, plus black, cream, and sage, Hunter’s Elana clog features a 1.75-inch heel height, shock-absorbing footbeds, and water-resistant rubbery upper for dewy mornings and drizzly dog walks.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
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Red or orange tubular flowers attract hummingbirds, as do natives like honeysuckle, bee balm, and hummingbird sage, which are rich with nectar.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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