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as in genii
a very smart person
many of our most renowned thinkers gathered for the symposium
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as in minds
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
loves crossword puzzles, bridge, and other pastimes that makes her use the old thinker
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Recent Examples of thinkers
Even Peter Drucker could declare in 1993 that Taylor was one of the four greatest thinkers of the 20th century.
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Steve Denning, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Extroverts generated diverse initial suggestions, while open thinkers recombined these inputs into novel and actionable strategies.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
One company applied this insight by pairing extroverts and open thinkers during product development sessions.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Your childhood home famously hosted a constant flow of artists, thinkers, politicians.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
You may be unsettled by how similar Statik can sound, at times, to any number of previous slow-burn atmospheric thinkers in electronic music—from the ’90s ambient-techno greats through to earlier Actress tunes to today.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
Prince Harry's capacity to amplify the organization and to bring it to the world stage attracts innovative thinkers, strategists, funders.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That, obviously, is a very complicated question, one with which a fresh generation of thinkers will now have to grapple.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
For such writers and thinkers, including Jean-François Lyotard, Hannah Arendt, and Heinrich Blücher, history felt like a betrayal in which former traditions and institutions had collapsed, leaving behind a morass of emptiness and fractured communities.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
Steve Denning, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Extroverts generated diverse initial suggestions, while open thinkers recombined these inputs into novel and actionable strategies.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
One company applied this insight by pairing extroverts and open thinkers during product development sessions.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Your childhood home famously hosted a constant flow of artists, thinkers, politicians.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
You may be unsettled by how similar Statik can sound, at times, to any number of previous slow-burn atmospheric thinkers in electronic music—from the ’90s ambient-techno greats through to earlier Actress tunes to today.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
Prince Harry's capacity to amplify the organization and to bring it to the world stage attracts innovative thinkers, strategists, funders.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That, obviously, is a very complicated question, one with which a fresh generation of thinkers will now have to grapple.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
For such writers and thinkers, including Jean-François Lyotard, Hannah Arendt, and Heinrich Blücher, history felt like a betrayal in which former traditions and institutions had collapsed, leaving behind a morass of emptiness and fractured communities.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
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Curious how your own pet’s personality compares to these avian geniuses?Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Among birds, New Caledonian crows have risen to the top as undisputed geniuses.Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Following athletes from all over the world, this series delves deep into the psyches of those elite competitors who train to be the fastest person on the planet.Essence, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
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The inability of the people who supposedly loved that guy to express it via the truth caused what may be irreversible damage to psyches everywhere, not to mention the long-term impact on music history.Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The call center gurus, the health system process engineers, and quality improvement wizards reading this will certainly say that the issues being experienced with call-center centralization isn’t the result of call center centralization.Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Composed of creative visionaries, innovators, strategists, music mavens, tequila lovers, artists, writers, digital wizards, and more, Where Eagles Dare promotes and practices a collaborative approach that honors all ideas while encouraging employees to learn from their peers’ expertise.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Thinkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinkers. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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