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intellectual

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




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The more important question may be where the valuable parts of the industry - its people, intellectual property, research and manufacturing - ultimately end up.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Its intellectual roots can be traced to Australian philosopher Peter Singer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Of the 12 players in the squad, 10 had no intellectual impairment at all, but were keen amateur players who had been recruited months before the Sydney Games to supplement the team.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

That includes financial assets, investment accounts, intellectual property, personal belongings and other assets used for retirement or financial planning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her son’s resistance to schoolwork was a mild disorder that many children go through, but his study of chess, an intellectual activity, was supplanting it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

“From my point of view, sociology should be producing intellectuals who think deeply and insightfully about the world,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Otero Alcantara, a self-taught performance artist, sculptor and painter, rose to prominence in 2020 as leader of the San Isidro protest movement of artists and intellectuals.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Instead, she places Black Americans, Black intellectuals, and Black constitutional struggle where they have always belonged: at the center of the 14th Amendment.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Coffin, the co-creator and voice of the Minions, was born in France to Franco-Indonesian intellectuals who only turned on the TV for old movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I was among white and Indian intellectuals of my own generation, young men who would form the vanguard of the most important political movements of the next few years.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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