intellect

The author also explores the sleight of intellect practiced by Jefferson, a slave owner who deplored slavery and used his rhetorical skills to cast the cause of states’ rights as a question of liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

Among new friends in London, Mary’s studiousness makes her a formidable intellect.

From Salon ● May 20, 2026

Reviewing the staging of the show at the Guggenheim, our critic said “the Chicago-born artist has an omnivorous intellect, one that he proudly displays in this presentation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

Darwin’s incisive intellect would quickly have grasped its implications for the understanding of evolution.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

The astronauts, by background and by nature, resisted the computers and their ghostly intellects.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly