scholar
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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
Mr. Swaim quotes scholar Beatrice de Graaf saying that, in contrast to the Latin Christian “just war” tradition, in “the East, the emperor has the power to define what is evil and crush it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Thai scholar Pavin Chachavalpongpun, known for his criticism of the monarchy, recalled meeting the princess in Singapore, describing her as someone who "treated every civil servant with kindness and respect".
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Dove is the bound-foot daughter of an imperial scholar who came to the city to become one of the locked-away wives of a decades-older merchant.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The MIT scholar pretended he couldn’t hear Farooqi.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing scholar
Unit 2: Pivotal Words and Phrases
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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