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intellectual

[in-tl-ek-choo-uhl] / ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl /




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Jeff Greenblatt, a former researcher for Socolow who contributed to the “Wedges” paper, said the researchers had engaged in “a delicate dance” between maintaining their intellectual integrity and pleasing BP.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

The foundry will be a subsidiary of IBM, which will be an anchor customer and supply talent and intellectual property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Greenspan’s views had been heavily shaped in the 1960s when he was part of the intellectual circle that gathered every week at the Manhattan apartment of libertarian philosopher Ayn Rand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The companies plan to co-develop projects including a short-form series drawing on some of the studio’s intellectual property.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Alongside these we can put the mechanical reproduction of text and images by means of the printing press, which transformed the communication of knowledge and established new types of intellectual community.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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