intellectual
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Intellectual humility is the ability to recognize the edge of your own knowledge and sit with that discomfort rather than trying to rush to fill it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The World Intellectual Property Organization's 194 member states reappointed Tang, who was the only nominated candidate, during the agency's general assembly.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Intellectual license granted, the company is allowed to run riot in a performance work that maintains a Brechtian distance between actor and role.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
"Intellectual ability was significantly correlated with speech perception thresholds in all three groups."
From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025
Intellectual familiarity bred a slow, glowering contempt; in a few months, they were barely on speaking terms.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing intellectual
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