intellect
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Among new friends in London, Mary’s studiousness makes her a formidable intellect.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
"Yuriy was very smart. She really won him over with her intellect," Nina said.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
It was serious about the intellect but also playful, imaginative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Our critic said, “the Chicago-born artist has an omnivorous intellect, one that he proudly displays in this presentation of nearly 90 works from his three-decade career.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
During the years 1919-20 Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist, adopted as his own the maxim ‘pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing intellect
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Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: The New York Times Obituary
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