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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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Mr. Armitage writes with a poet’s mastery of rhythm and rupture, refusing both the sterile fidelity of the scholar and the vulgar opportunism of the adapter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Mr. Benger is a New York-based attorney and legal scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Bambaataa, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee, was appointed as a three-year visiting scholar at Cornell University in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Hilton joined Stanford University in California as a visiting scholar in 2012, and said he was applying for US citizenship in 2019.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 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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