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historians

NOUN
student of history
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And that was essentially a bat signal for scholars and historians to try to come up with those reasons and feed them to the court.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2026

"While historians have occasionally noted these remarks, they have generally treated them as unexplained references," said Prof Licence.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

In fact, historians do not really know how it was pronounced, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The answer seems clear to me: The only professionals who keep diaries believe that future historians are going to be interested in them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Nor can I see why historians should cede many of the most interesting questions to other disciplines—politics, philosophy, sociology—simply because they require a consideration of beginnings and endings.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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