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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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Brooke Duffy, a digital and social media scholar at Cornell University, said influencers with millions of followers can demand payments that stretch beyond six-figures.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The latter is the hangover from a peripatetic childhood defined and dominated by his charismatic father, a once-idealistic scholar whose dreams of a Arab utopia soured into authoritarian megalomania.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026

“This is the ‘vino de cocos’ of ancient Mexico,” says Velazco, a 76-year-old scholar and entrepreneur.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Mr. Claybourn is an attorney in Indiana and an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The man’s name was Robert Luckhurst, and he’d been a scholar of Magdalen College, an historian.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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