intellectual
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“I think teenagers have infinite intellectual capacity,” he said, adding that he doesn’t really think about which shelf will hold his novels inside a bookstore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Their likelihood of receiving an intellectual disability diagnosis was more than seven times higher.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The EU commission said in a statement that the agreement would also touch on government procurement contracts, intellectual property, digital trade and sustainability agreements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
And, even though both sides try to put up legal boundaries to protect their intellectual property, consumer-goods companies with private-label partnerships can end up tipping their hand to retailers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Despite all the resulting conflicts and contradictions, which remain with us still, it was the idea of discovery that made the new science, and the new set of intellectual values that underpinned it, possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
A meet-up with Meyers’ “artistic community,” a circle of so-called intellectuals known as the Enthusiasm Society, leads Ed to humbly dip a toe back into his vanished creative side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
They were “visited daily by many of the nation’s most-respected and intelligent citizens,” including celebrities, intellectuals, leaders in the media and politics.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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