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intellectual

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




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The most important intellectual work done by central banks is risk management.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

Disney’s operations are elaborately interlocked—by sharing the same core intellectual properties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Among the most influential voices leading the intellectual pushback to Project Spire now is Lord Nigel Biggar, an ordained Church of England priest and a former Christian ethics academic at Oxford University.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

These are designed to explore and promote the intellectual refresh the central bank needs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Although Adams tended to set the intellectual agenda in the dialogue that ensued, Jefferson inadvertently provided the larger framework within which the debate played out.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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