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intellectual

[in-tl-ek-choo-uhl] / ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl /




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The better they do, the better we do, selling them our high-value intellectual property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

And as we’re questioning our long-held beliefs about “sink or swim” individualism and intellectual elitism, this is also an interrupter.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Bhargava didn’t go quietly; according to legal filings, he threatened to delete Sports Illustrated’s archive of intellectual property.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Yet the intellectual impulse behind it has not disappeared.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The truth of his intellectual dependence on Beeckman was utterly intolerable to him.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton