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thinker

[thing-ker] / ˈθɪŋ kər /


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“I recognize both sides of the political spectrum and very much just consider myself to be a free thinker, someone who is continuously seeking the truth wherever that truth may come from,” Amor said.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Published between 1983 and 2000, Skidelsky’s three-volume biography brilliantly presented a full portrait of Keynes as a thinker, a policymaker and, most engagingly, a man.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Many of these ideas can be traced back to the controversial thinker and tech founder Curtis Yarvin, who has been called the "founder of the Dark Enlightenment".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

What I try to instill instead is an intrinsic desire to grow as a thinker.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

It was a walled city for poets and astronomers and every shade of thinker in between.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Festival organisers said the event will bring together "world-famous names alongside brand-new voices, reflecting the festival's commitment to celebrating today's leading names while championing the writers, thinkers and storytellers of the future".

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century’s defining political thinkers, posited that modern life was making “being human superfluous”; her learned successor Lepore warns that our present bears out that idea.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

She draws from a lineage of Black thinkers who have spent decades restoring Reconstruction to its rightful place at the center of constitutional law.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

“And of course, it increased the reputation of CMI and of Princeton as leading thinkers about climate change.”

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

To counter the sordid image created by Burns and the old school of venal detectives, Hoover adopted the approach of Progressive thinkers who advocated for ruthlessly efficient systems of management.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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