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Recent Examples of Renaissance man
Gates was celebrated as a modern-day Renaissance man whose practice incorporates sculpture, conceptual formalism, music, performance, land art and space theory to create community.
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Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
The ‘Renaissance man,’ tireless worker, culture-builder tasked with turning Colorado around
Grading The Week: CU Buffs great Travis Hunter took about 6 seconds to win Jacksonville’s hearts
Beck entered Monday’s game hitting .264 with a team-high eight home runs.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
Remembered as a real Renaissance man, a political leader known for being the country’s second prime minister and a lover of alchemy.
—Valentina Di Donato, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This French automotive wonder was the creation of Gabriel Voisin, an architect, an airplane builder, and all-round Renaissance man.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
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Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
The ‘Renaissance man,’ tireless worker, culture-builder tasked with turning Colorado around
Grading The Week: CU Buffs great Travis Hunter took about 6 seconds to win Jacksonville’s hearts
Beck entered Monday’s game hitting .264 with a team-high eight home runs.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
Remembered as a real Renaissance man, a political leader known for being the country’s second prime minister and a lover of alchemy.
—Valentina Di Donato, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This French automotive wonder was the creation of Gabriel Voisin, an architect, an airplane builder, and all-round Renaissance man.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance man
Noun
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Cecil was indeed a polymath tastemaker of his time.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Besides practicing writing, Estelle’s teen years started her journey to becoming a polymath.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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With his new book, Pan, Clune has turned his cockeyed sensibility and coruscating intellect to fiction.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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The first version, out October 24, will be a country record produced by Nashville wiz Jordan Lehning.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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Pedal-steel guitar and multi-instrumental wiz David Lindley was lured away to join Jackson Browne’s band in Los Angeles, where Reid soon moved after being signed by Atlantic.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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The chambray blue is perfect for anyone who’d like to add a pop of color to a bedroom or living room, and the sheerness is ideal for filtering in a soft, small amount of light at once.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Sep. 2025
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This quilt set is available as an open box deal in multiple shades, including dark, moody blues and rich, warm browns.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Dave Ulrich, professor at Ross School of Business and renowned management thinker has seen this stagnation up close.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Science fiction didn't begin with blockbuster films or sleek space operas — it was born in the pages of literature, where bold thinkers and master storytellers pushed the boundaries of imagination.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ketamine works by stimulating the brain’s resilience mechanisms, according to Krystal.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Quantrill, like other prominent Confederates such as the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard, Nathan Bedford Forrest, was mythologized by Confederate sympathizers.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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The always watchable Zem (Other People’s Children) is strong as an obsessive intellectual whose theories drive him to push others to the brink, while Valeria Golino (a requisite for any Italian festival film these days) shows up as the aggrieved mother of a victim.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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The first National Conservatism conferences drew students and intellectuals who felt marginalized by the Republican Party and dreamed about taking power.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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