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philosophical

[fil-uh-sof-i-kuhl] / ˌfɪl əˈsɒf ɪ kəl /


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As both companies hurtle toward an IPO, the philosophical and personal differences between their leadership have metastasized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Their position too has a long philosophical tradition dating back as far as Plato.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The flip side is the philosophical questions at the heart of this debate.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

“So even though the dates changed, on a philosophical level, it didn’t really change for us because we were always across everything the whole time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The Greeks were different; they embraced the abstract and the philosophical, and brought mathematics to its highest point in ancient times.

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