intellect
Example Sentences
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“Zhang’s intellect, experience and his relationship with Xi made honesty and objectivity possible, and that makes him an exception among PLA generals.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
This combination will make them much more productive and indispensable, turning AI into a force multiplier for human intellect.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
Neves Valente had an impressive intellect but often became frustrated, “sometimes angry,” about life at Brown, Watson said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
So for my annual holiday columna recommending great books about Southern California, I’m sticking to formats that lend themselves to easier reading — bite-size jewels of intellect, if you will.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025
A lich was an undead creature, usually an incredibly powerful wizard or king who had employed dark magic to bind his intellect to his own reanimated corpse, thus achieving a perverted form of immortality.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.