scholar
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That may be one reason people are airing their frustrations on social media, according to Sara Collins, a senior scholar at the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on healthcare policy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
These are masterly works of literature, but they are not, pace Mr. Chandler and Ms. Volohova, an independent scholar of Grossman’s life and work, “two of the greatest novels of the last century.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The College Track nonprofit posted that Urbina Ruiz was a scholar with the program, which supports first-generation students from under-resourced communities in earning a bachelor’s degree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Evolution has effectively run the same experiment over and over again across different groups of arthropods," says R. Antonio Gomez, postdoctoral scholar in A&S' Department of Biology and lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
One last academic showdown with Jonah Perkins, which I will win, and then I will be eighth-grade top scholar, and Jerk-ins will not.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
We know that over the past half-century, more than 200 people have been exonerated after having been sentenced to die, and scholars estimate that 4 percent of those sentenced to death are innocent.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
While the Dalai Lama expressed sorrow and questioned the efficacy of such protests, some scholars criticized him for not trying to stop the practice.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The project also demonstrates the value of collaboration among institutions, established researchers, students and postdoctoral scholars.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Oh, no! On the contrary, I think in time I shall get on with my scholars very well.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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