well-read
Example Sentences
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A well-read person grows body armor against the rigid conspiracy theorist, against flat artificial intelligence that manipulates without emotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The disturbing thing is that it’s a question whose answer, to any well-read observer, is uncertain at best.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Bhogal described Mangione as curious and well-read, with “mostly quite tame” intellectual interests in “brain rot, indoctrination, declining birth-rates, gamification and corporate greed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
There were a handful of others, but all followed the same pattern of being erstwhile intelligent, well-read people, successful in their professional spheres, who went down the rabbit hole.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
There was a sizable number of well-read inmates, especially the popular debaters.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
