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Would-be sleuths with Ratajkowski’s essay and a gossip rag handy will have their work cut out for them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote an essay on that topic and has been making the rounds talking about his concerns that companies be able to retain the learnings that come from using AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

According to Page Six, the model’s essay in the Cut had publishers champing at the bit in a 12-way bidding war that culminated in the hefty pay day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

The cocktail was America’s first great culinary innovation, Peter Suderman explains in this delightful essay.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

When I finish the essay question, I suddenly see how stupid I am.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The first, “My Body,” dropped in 2021 and was a bestselling collection of essays exploring gender, power dynamics, sexuality and the commodification of female beauty in the modeling and entertainment industries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Some admissions advisers say cutting supplemental essays will only add to the ballooning ranks of students who get deferred and wait-listed as young people apply to more colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Texas Christian University experienced a roughly 14% jump in applications after removing two of its supplemental essays last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

One counselor said their student had 30 pages of additional essays for nine applications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

In 1637 he finally published the Discourse on Method and three essays on mathematics and natural science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In the second cast, Christine Shevchenko fell far short of Ms. Teuscher’s finesse, but she essayed the opening “Preghiera” movement with more of its requisite lilt and shimmer than Ms. Teuscher did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

That section essayed — at the very least — to disqualify from federal office the Civil War rebels and, prospectively, anyone who tried to do the same thing again.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2023

Meanwhile, dos Santos — with an army of around 100,000 troops, many with years of jungle combat experience — essayed a role as a regional power broker, starting with neighboring countries.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

The movie also gives a funny account of the composer-guitarist Pat Metheny’s enraged accusations of “musical necrophilia” after Kenny G essayed a virtual duet with Louis Armstrong.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

"You got to go, Ralph. You go away now-" He wagged his spear and essayed fierceness.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Two other Scandinavian greats, Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann, couldn’t resist essaying a part that passionately called out to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Here, Sinatra is clearly stretching the limits of what was possible for a popular singer—one can’t imagine any of his predecessors or contemporaries essaying a work as long and complex as this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

The actress was a member of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1972-75, essaying Lady Macbeth in 1972.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020

Like all reflective objects though, the act of essaying has a twoness about it.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2020

Another is that I have been enabled to preserve a few staunch and trusty friends through the evolution of that rainy-weather costume which a few of my sex have joined me in essaying.

From Rosemary and Rue by Amber