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Laura Mulvey, the film theorist and filmmaker best known for her seminal essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, will be awarded a BFI Fellowship.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
As governor of the nation’s most populous state who portrays himself as a cutting-edge political theorist, Newsom has obvious advantages in seeking more name recognition.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
As political theorist Iris Marion Young emphasizes, democratic inclusion is a fundamental ethical requirement in governance.
—Davina Hurt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Near the back of the Buck sat the biological theorist Aubrey de Grey, stroking a beard the size of a beagle.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
As governor of the nation’s most populous state who portrays himself as a cutting-edge political theorist, Newsom has obvious advantages in seeking more name recognition.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
As political theorist Iris Marion Young emphasizes, democratic inclusion is a fundamental ethical requirement in governance.
—Davina Hurt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Near the back of the Buck sat the biological theorist Aubrey de Grey, stroking a beard the size of a beagle.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorist
Noun
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Conybeare, a classics scholar, intertwines learned exegesis with examples of Augustine’s human idiosyncrasies, offering illuminating analyses of the philosopher’s seminal texts and ideas—including his theory of original sin—and of the role that his heritage played in his self-conception.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Not all philosophers are willing to count these disturbances of an animal’s serene environment or personal space as an invasion of privacy.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Recent practitioner guidance highlights that careful recordkeeping and factual support can be the difference between victory and a costly recharacterization.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This is a monthly recurring series with different themes and practitioners leading.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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