erudition
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With 67,000 subscribers in 166 countries and growing, the Lim sisters are mixing Gen Z humor and exuberance with astounding erudition to bring ballet to a new generation and fire up older, longtime fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Czech-born British playwright whose works were a rare combination of erudition and commercial success.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
In the early 20th century, a clergyman named Montague Summers wrote histories of European vampires that displayed his erudition and eccentricity—not least because he was sure that vampires really did exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
David Souter stripped aside the well-maintained fiction that justices are appointed to the Court for their erudition, their intellect, their learnedness, and their reason.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
No, this world of thought was still on this side, and it led to no goal when one destroyed the senses of the incidental Self but fed it with thoughts and erudition.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing erudition
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Great Expectations
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