intellect
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It’s a battle of will, and intellect, and at “Dune: The Experience,” the hope is it will be fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The term is often linked to the author and philosopher Nick Bostrom, who more than a decade ago defined the idea as an "intellect" that is superior to humans in all forms.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The presentation was designed to work on the emotions as well as the intellect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Books are super fuel for the human mind, the mightiest intellect on earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
If we examine its successive stages, we find that the youngster must develop all the skills that go into adult art: coordination, intellect, personality, imagination, creativity, and aesthetic judgment.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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You’ll begin to sense Becker and Fagen’s presence in the music, free-floating intellects winking behind their shades, welcoming you in without letting on that they’re glad you’re here.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
“I think it behooves us as public policymakers and public officeholders to extend our intellects as broadly as we can,” Mills said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
They are a development machine that employs some of the sport’s sharpest intellects.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2020
If that work is only accessible to somebody who doesn’t need $12,000 a year, then that keeps a whole spectrum of minds and voices and intellects out of the business.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2020
I have reason to think that Joe’s intellects were brightened by the encounter they had passed through, and that on our way to Pumblechook’s he invented a subtle and deep design.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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