theorist

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Recent Examples of theorist Carman Spoto Spoto is a filmmaker and film theorist from the Philadelphia area. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026 And Neil Postman writes about this, the great twentieth-century media theorist. David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 To say the least, that is a complicated question, but for a glimpse, turn to the justification by the Nazi legal theorist Carl Schmitt of what happened in Germany on June 30, 1934. Cass Sunstein, Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026 Omar confronted one theorist on X Thursday. Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for theorist
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Noun
  • As the philosopher Earl Weaver once noted, momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher, which, roughly translated, means hold your horses.
    Kevin Sherrington Mar. 27, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Both its physical abilities and global history actively subvert the philosopher’s aphorism.
    Andrés Muedano, JSTOR Daily, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • However, a registered nurse still needs to have ultrasound results read and interpreted by an advanced practitioner, such as a physician.
    Emily Brindley Health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The turmoil sweeping global markets has introduced a new layer of uncertainty, threatening to sap investor appetite that had just begun to recover, according to several industry practitioners.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026

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