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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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As Tara Sell, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told Slate, “We’re in a bad spot right now.”

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

He found “substantial overlap” with a thesis written by another scholar in 2009.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Former esports scholar Cameron Dray found out about Roehampton through the esports scholarship.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

As scholar Sheila Jasanoff asserts, sound democratic governance requires epistemic humility—an explicit acknowledgment of the limits of scientific certainty in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

She did not pretend to be a scholar, though she read all she could.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

It’s unfortunate, though, that Mr. Power has given little attention to the greatest name of all, that of Shakespeare, whose “Troilus and Cressida,” scholars largely agree, is partly based on the “Iliad.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The findings make the early political history of the Assyrian Empire more complicated than scholars once believed, but also far more revealing.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

The public ultimately expects journalists, scholars and elected officials to behave ethically.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

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

Such scholars eagerly read one another’s work, spurred on by new ideas and innovations.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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