thinker

Example Sentences

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Galthie, a deep thinker who reads philosophy and classical literature, has admitted he believes in an innate French characteristic, to fight hardest and best when pushed to the brink.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Waller was appointed to the Fed board in Trump’s first term, carving out a reputation as a rigorous thinker with keen forecasting ability.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Warsh is "known as a critical thinker" who is "willing to rethink convention," Roach said.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Mr. Rees-Mogg is as much a political thinker as a politician, which is perhaps why he will never be prime minister—a fact he readily concedes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Not a great thinker, not the mastermind of the rebellion, merely a face plucked from the rabble because I had caught the nation’s attention with my antics in the Games.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins