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intellectual

[in-tl-ek-choo-uhl] / ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl /




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It is "very unlikely" that Tsuda's voice will be outright denied publicity rights, Tatsuhiro Ueno, a professor of intellectual property studies at Waseda University, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Its intellectual leader was Eliezer Yudkowsky, a Bay Area autodidact who dropped out of middle school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Mathematician and broadcaster, Hannah Fry, who co-hosts The Rest is Science podcast, could fill David Olusoga's intellectual shoes this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

As a result, they account for only a small proportion of autism and intellectual disability cases across the population.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

It is a sort of trump card in an intellectual game.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The decade-long episode instigated by Mao in 1966 saw intellectuals brutally targeted as "class enemies" and schools shuttered, setting China back for years in education and development.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

To this day, Sand’s literature continues to eloquently embody the role that self-construction plays in the lives of dreamers and intellectuals of every generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Instead, she places Black Americans, Black intellectuals, and Black constitutional struggle where they have always belonged: at the center of the 14th Amendment.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Coffin, the co-creator and voice of the Minions, was born in France to Franco-Indonesian intellectuals who only turned on the TV for old movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

In 525 there was serious trouble for the intellectuals in the Roman court.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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