thinker

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Influential iconoclastic thinker Richard Dawkins was then pilloried for suggesting that perhaps it already has.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

All week long it felt like a strategic thinker would be the one to prevail and Rai, known on tour for his diligence, carefully plotted his way to victory.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

For more than 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci has been admired as a brilliant artist, inventor, and thinker whose talents seemed far ahead of his time.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

It’s a stalemate that even a clever strategist would struggle mightily to resolve, and there is no evidence that Vance is an especially strategic thinker.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Hubble was a much better observer than a thinker and didn’t immediately appreciate the full implications of what he had found.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson