intellect
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“The Wound Is Where the Light Enters” not only reveals the system’s horrors, but also celebrates the redemptive power of hope, intellect and community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Halstead was disappointed: “The fact of the convention was the defeat of Seward rather than the nomination of Lincoln. It was the triumph of a presumption of availability over pre-eminence in intellect and unrivaled fame.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Vance’s public arrogance certainly suggests he believes himself equal to the former president in both intellect and charm.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
He was favoured by the leadership for his intellect and presentational skills, and as campaign co-ordinator he played a central role in delivering Labour's 2001 general election victory.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Madame Lavoisier had an incisive intellect and soon was working productively alongside her husband.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The libertarian intellects of Web 1.0 lost their place to cringe culture; subsequently, zoomers crowded out millennials on the information superhighway.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2024
You’ll begin to sense Becker and Fagen’s presence in the music, free-floating intellects winking behind their shades, welcoming you in without letting on that they’re glad you’re here.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
“I think it behooves us as public policymakers and public officeholders to extend our intellects as broadly as we can,” Mills said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
Dr. Kimbrough said the schools reasserted themselves as the “original safe spaces” for Black students, cultivating both their intellects and their spirits.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
It is an infiltration of intellects, an inflammation.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing intellect
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Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: The New York Times Obituary
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