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thinker

[thing-ker] / ˈθɪŋ kər /


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“I recognize both sides of the political spectrum and very much just consider myself to be a free thinker, someone who is continuously seeking the truth wherever that truth may come from,” Amor said.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Silver, a math-forward thinker, clearly believes in the expected value of the coin flip.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Many of these ideas can be traced back to the controversial thinker and tech founder Curtis Yarvin, who has been called the "founder of the Dark Enlightenment".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

What I try to instill instead is an intrinsic desire to grow as a thinker.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Jo’s collection of Vincent's letters showed the world what a beautiful writer and thinker he was.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Anthropic’s commitment to responsibility has allowed it to attract “some of the best minds and thinkers in the AI business,” he added.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

Gerd believes it's important to look both to the future and to a history before the Nazi era, when German-speaking lands were known as a place of "poets and thinkers."

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

He simultaneously emerged as a sharp critic of the economic thought of prominent free-market thinkers such as Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century’s defining political thinkers, posited that modern life was making “being human superfluous”; her learned successor Lepore warns that our present bears out that idea.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Strauss made the most of his influence over Lawrence by urging him to appoint Teller to the task force and keep thinkers of the Oppenheimer stripe off it.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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