theorist
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A U.S. naval officer, historian, and military theorist, Mahan argued that control of the seas was the key to empires from Rome to Britain.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
And he took an interest in Jones, the conspiracy theorist and radio and internet host.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
At times, he gives off the air of a professor, donning blue blazers and short-sleeved button-down shirts as he quotes the political theorist Hannah Arendt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
US satirical publication The Onion has proposed a new plan to take over Infowars, the media company run by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Their approaches to physics were divergent: Lawrence was an experimentalist nonpareil, Teller a profoundly intuitive theorist.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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