intellect
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Books are super fuel for the human mind, the mightiest intellect on earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It added: "Ann was unafraid to express her unwavering convictions, formed through her Roman Catholic faith. She had a sharp intellect and was a dedicated public servant."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
O’Herlihy’s many L.A. buildings are full of motion and discovery, reflecting his restless intellect and optimism, a sense that even the most compromised urban site was capable of producing something valuable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
His restless intellect and self-confidence propelled him toward color-soaked figurative work and not the abstract expressionism or pop art of many of his peers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Teachers like Mr. Brown had spotted his intellect and tried to fan it, but others were annoyed by his wise-guy rebelliousness.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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
Both owe their greatness, in part, to their intellects.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
The astronauts, by background and by nature, resisted the computers and their ghostly intellects.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing intellect
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Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: The New York Times Obituary
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