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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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Neither a scholar nor a scientist, someone like him shouldn’t be in charge of the future of humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

As a legal scholar researching the evolution of modern presidential clemency, I have reviewed every individual pardon and commutation granted by U.S. presidents since 1989, spanning seven administrations, from George H.W.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Dr B Amo Konyak, a scholar of Konyak society, says the changes during this period were almost like a disappearance.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

An international team of astronomers co-led by an IAS scholar has identified what appears to be a universal rule governing one of the most dramatic behaviors of black holes: the production of powerful jets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

I wonder if he would have suggested stopping there right now if I’d won top scholar.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Most new research scholars in 2025 came from China, followed by South Korea and India.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Every scroll that was successfully opened physically contained writing previously unknown to scholars.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

As Johns Hopkins art historian Stephen J. Campbell recounts in his 2020 book, “Andrea Mantegna: Humanist Aesthetics, Faith, and the Force of Images,” scholars agree to disagree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Feulner was known more as an advocate than a scholar, and Heritage scholars generally wrote their own material, which I sometimes compressed to op-ed length.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

When some Western scholars described the new number to their colleagues, they turned sifr into a Latin-sounding word, yielding zephirus, which is the root of our word zero.

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




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