well-read

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When Alice Lockey, a well-read lady’s maid to an aristocrat, meets the bookish Charlie, a valet, the match seems meant to be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 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

Any well-read person is likely to consider the rise of the modern nation-state to be a distinctly mixed bag, as the history of the last two or three centuries has demonstrated.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

But there's not much about how well-read he was, or what his songs were about.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

There was a sizable number of well-read inmates, especially the popular debaters.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey