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analytic

[an-l-it-ik] / ˌæn lˈɪt ɪk /


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Traveling the halls of Comic-Con dressed as a Starfleet captain, the former associate director of analytic studies at California State University said he was drawn to the show because of “the human aspect of it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Whipped up and given a sheen of analytic legitimacy by the Maven, military officials did not do their due diligence in the midst of hundreds of similar, simultaneous strikes.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

The challenge of bringing a new piece of writing to life on the stage appeals to both hemispheres of his brain, the analytic and the intuitive sides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Both books are impressive works of scholarship that combine cold analytic reasoning with an ardent concern for human flourishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Hilary Putnam, perhaps the most influential analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century, published a famous article called “The Meaning of Meaning” in a learned academic volume.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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