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intellectual

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




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The Year 8 student from Western Australia has Down Syndrome – a genetic condition caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 which leads to physical and intellectual disabilities.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

For AT&T, however, using open models is nonnegotiable because of what Markus described as data protection and intellectual property concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

He also noted that Churchill Downs made an $85-million offer this spring to purchase the intellectual property rights to the Preakness, but the state of Maryland matched it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

I am not here to debate the merits of Hong’s assertion, mostly because I don’t really possess the hoity-toity intellectual hardware to do so.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

In the Scientific Revolution, Bacon and Descartes were amongst those with plans for thoroughgoing intellectual change, but their plans were castles in the air, and neither of them imagined what Newton would achieve.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In 1993 Hutu intellectuals at the National University of Rwanda accused the Tutsi-associated Rwandan Patriotic Front of genocide.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Otero Alcantara, a self-taught performance artist, sculptor and painter, rose to prominence in 2020 as leader of the San Isidro protest movement of artists and intellectuals.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 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 early 2003 one of them had proposed that they cease to be intellectuals and form a little group that he, the intellectual, would manage—a fact that the traders would quickly forget.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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