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Recent Examples of well-read He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans affairs and environmental issues. Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025 He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans’ affairs and environmental issues. Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician involved in immigration, veterans' affairs and environmental issues. CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025 The well-read, kindly father Sharif (played by the great Palestinian actor Adam Bakri) enjoys tending to his orange groves and teaching his young son Salim (Salah Aldeen Mai) to appreciate poetry. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025 At the top of the year, bookshelf wealth emerged as the definitive trend of 2024, igniting online discourse about the optics of seeming well-read based on the intentionality of your curation. Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024 She’s always been so unbelievably well-read and politically savvy with the most hilarious sense of humor. Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024 Well-loved and well-read copies of the book populate in countless children’s bedrooms. Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 The Record, despite complaints from locals, remains well-read, even as readership dwindles at papers across the country. Kevin Draper, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-read
Adjective
  • Today, few Americans—even few historians—could describe the ins and outs of the case, but in the forties almost any literate American could have told the tale.
    Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Reading isn’t hard-coded into our genome, like the capacity for speech is, and until recently, only a small minority of humans were literate.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Dissatisfaction with Trump since his reelection is running especially strong among highly educated and more-affluent voters, polls say.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • While officials have always made educated guesses about setup impact, this tool crunches numbers in a way that should bring more precision to the task while also speeding up decision making.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There is a long running scholarly debate dedicated to answering this question, and there is certainly room for improvement in how aid is allocated and executed.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • My scholarly research on the right to appeal explores how this process serves as a crucial safeguard in the country’s legal system.
    Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Well-read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-read. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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