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[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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As the book’s subtitle indicates, Mr. Bayliss, a scholar of Greek history at the University of Birmingham in England, situates the Spartans firmly within the time-honored pattern of overreach leading to downfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

As a community health scholar, I’ve been following these and other changes to SNAP, the largest and most important government program for helping Americans get enough to eat.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The legal scholar Prof Colin Murray says the court has "radically narrowed" the range of cases in which Article 2 can be applied.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Working alongside USF postdoctoral scholar Pierre Kawak and doctoral student Harshad Bhapkar, Simmons modeled how hundreds of thousands of atoms behave inside reinforced rubber.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

“Don’t you know, Ellemire? Strange isn’t just a librarian. He’s practically a scholar himself. Of fairy tales.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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