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as in cerebral
much given to learning and thinking
as the daughter of college professors, she's used to being around intellectual people
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as in internal
of or relating to the mind
intellectual pursuits such as reading and studying
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as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
research that shows that people from very intellectual backgrounds are happiest with spouses having comparable educations
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as in nerd
a person with strong intellectual interests
discovered that in politics a reputation for being an intellectual was regarded as a liability
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Recent Examples of intellectual
Alex Golden, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
This realization galvanized Pham to launch IEC, which focuses on preparing clinicians to work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), designing systems to meet diverse patient needs, and finding better ways to finance those services.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
Despite mobilization among French intellectuals, his future remains uncertain.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The big picture: Fluoride in water became a hot topic recently after a federal judge in September ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate it over concerns that high levels could hurt the intellectual development of children.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
This realization galvanized Pham to launch IEC, which focuses on preparing clinicians to work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), designing systems to meet diverse patient needs, and finding better ways to finance those services.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
But he was still regarded by ordinary Chinese—as well as intellectuals and young students—as the champion of China’s political democratization.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
Despite mobilization among French intellectuals, his future remains uncertain.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intellectual
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High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a severe and rare altitude sickness.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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Apollo 11 Celebrating the historic moon landing, this strain delivers strong cerebral effects that help alleviate stress and moderate pain.—
Tribune Content Agency,
The Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Cornell University View 4 Images View gallery - 4 images Researchers at Cornell University have been working on batteries that can 'flow' through the internal structures of robots, kind of like how blood in humans' veins powers our bodies.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2025
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Produced annually by the park’s internal teams, including some working entertainment industry members, on an active back lot using props from the largest collection in the industry, the highly immersive event has not only seen interest skyrocket in the last decade.—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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Henry Cavill, noted Warhammer nerd, to star in and produce Warhammer 40,000 series at Amazon Then a father-to-be, Cavill shared a snap of himself in front of the baby's crib, while asking his followers for fatherly advice.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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Older internet vernacular involved quoting memes or making references to nerd culture, but brain rot offers strange sentence constructions and rhetorical tics with a broad range of possible applications.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Department Closures And Consolidations Several academic departments and programs will be combined, downsized, and/or eliminated.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Other academic analyses, most released as preprint studies that have not yet been peer-reviewed, have reported similarly impressive results.—
Lauren Leffer,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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With a nylon exterior, double-down seans, and a cotton inner lining, Adidas rain jackets are 100% waterproof and comfortable.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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The dress has an inner lining to protect lines from showing through.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Wagner would be a sleepless highbrow’s favorite; the long, lush, unbroken lines of music share with the white-noise hum of the air-conditioner or the thrum of the painstaking lecture the quality of being absorbing without offering undue eventfulness.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Richie Grainge herself has evolved her stylistic approach from an ostentatious Los Angeleno verve into a look that’s more low-key highbrow.—
Nick Remsen,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2024
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Hudson’s bandmates—the guitarist Robbie Robertson, the drummer Levon Helm, the bassist Rick Danko, and the pianist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Manuel—often described him as scholarly, nimble, and discerning, a professor type at loose in a scene dominated by beautiful buffoons.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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Laymon said the suffrage monument on the Mall will draw on the diverse perspectives of its board and scholarly advisers, as well as the public.—
Jennifer Schuessler,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.—
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oregonlive,
13 Apr. 2023
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.—
María Inés Taracena,
The New Republic,
12 Apr. 2023
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“Intellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectual. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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