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intellectual

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




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They will visit a naval base, where Burnham will announce the sharing of the intellectual property behind the UK's new "Stone Cloak" electronic warfare system, enabling Ukraine to produce the technology at scale.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Does a full bookshelf convey intellectual curiosity and open-mindedness, or immodesty and self-importance?

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Studios worried about their intellectual property being misused, and actors feared becoming little more than raw material for AI systems -- and made it a central plank of their strike action in 2023.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

One possibility is that this new Fed moves too slowly to respond to the oil-price shock while it finds its intellectual bearings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

For Darwin, Lyell’s central idea—of the slow heave of natural forces shaping and reshaping the earth, sculpting nature—would prove to be a potent intellectual spur.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The document relied heavily on academic contributors, armchair intellectuals with zero industry experience, whose abstract theories distracted from the fundamental cause.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 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

So in 1649, when Queen Christina of Sweden invited him to join the circle of intellectuals that she was gathering in Stockholm, Descartes leaped at the chance.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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