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intellectual

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




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And, even though both sides try to put up legal boundaries to protect their intellectual property, consumer-goods companies with private-label partnerships can end up tipping their hand to retailers.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

He’s a policy-driven intellectual with degrees from Oxford and the London School of Economics, long identified with the “soft left” of the British Labour Party.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Defence barrister Andrew Ford KC suggested Irwin was accustomed to complying with his mother's wishes over many years, and was a man of lower than average intellectual functioning.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

In a culture of aggregation and AI summary, the stiffest original thinking still feels as supple as a tone poem, and genuine intellectual ambition akin to a secular miracle.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

It was the essential precondition for the new era of intellectual revolution, for it is a necessary concept which any society that saw itself as improving knowledge would have to develop.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“From my point of view, sociology should be producing intellectuals who think deeply and insightfully about the world,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Otero Alcantara, a self-taught performance artist, sculptor and painter, rose to prominence in 2020 as leader of the San Isidro protest movement of artists and intellectuals.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Hundreds of intellectuals and others have signed letters and online petitions expressing fears of a disastrous denouement: the collection’s prolonged — and possible permanent — absence from Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Instead, she places Black Americans, Black intellectuals, and Black constitutional struggle where they have always belonged: at the center of the 14th Amendment.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

Colin had said there were girls in pearls, chess players, intellectuals, and mathematicians like Jakob working at the Park.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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