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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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Former esports scholar Cameron Dray found out about Roehampton through the esports scholarship.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

After a meteoric rise to the top ranks of British academia, scholar Jason Arday was found dead at his London home on Aug. 14, 2026.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

To which, however, with a bow to Smith the writer and scholar, Schumpeter added, “it is a great performance all the same.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"We usually think of the brain as a closed system," said Julia Belk, a postdoctoral scholar in pathology at Stanford Medicine and first author on the new study.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

But the Library of Congress sent Dr. Julia Chen, a scholar who spoke Mandarin, to Elizebeth.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The public ultimately expects journalists, scholars and elected officials to behave ethically.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Carcopino’s text was indeed a popular standard, and even if scholars of ancient slavery have long since abandoned this exculpatory view, any living historian of ancient Rome can confirm that the misjudgment lingers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Legal scholars have debated whether surrogates should pay legal damages if they fail to honor a contractual abortion provision, surrender payments remaining on the contract, or even pay back money they already received.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Even the entreaties of Islamic scholars and officials of Islamic countries the world over have not bent the iron will of the emir and his enforcers, especially on the most sensitive issue of education.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Even today, scholars in this field claim, our brains and minds are adapted to a life of hunting and gathering.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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