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erudite

[er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-] / ˈɛr yʊˌdaɪt, ˈɛr ʊ- /


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Means’s downfall has left Kennedy without a nominee he recently called “the most articulate, eloquent and erudite evangelist” for his movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Mr. Crowley’s op-ed, first delivered as a speech in Ottawa and adapted for these pages, is inspiring, erudite and amusing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In “The Mighty Continent,” he condenses a grand historical narrative into a conversational and erudite survey of a civilization that “invented the modern world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

In The Times, critic David Kipen hailed Pynchon’s classic style as “Olympian, polymathic, erudite, antically funny, often beautiful, at times gross, at others incredibly romantic, never afraid to challenge or even confound.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Her dedicated, austere life could not be thus explained—she was the daughter of a solidly comfortable, erudite banking family.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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