- plural of intellectual.
intellectuals
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It also highlighted the work of intellectuals such as pundit Clay Shirky and marketing expert and author Seth Godin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Hundreds of intellectuals and others have signed letters and online petitions expressing fears of a disastrous denouement: the collection’s prolonged — and possible permanent — absence from Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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
The study of variation and dip evidently depended on collaboration between navigators and intellectuals, but so did the whole science of cartography.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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