intellectual
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In its first half, intellectual property-related income rose 88% to ¥62.7 billion due to the success of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” its second animated film based on the popular videogame series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
No matter how gleeful Siskel and Ebert used to look sparring over movies, their industry was built on intellectual debate in pursuit of cinematic resonance, not schadenfreude.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
Since her fan art is based on existing intellectual property, she doesn’t intend to pursue legal action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Nick Buckland, an intellectual property lawyer at London firm Lewis Silkin, agreed that Germany could offer a route for creators seeking to protect their work.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Isaac Newton came, on his father’s side, from a farming family that had just started to do well for themselves in a material way, but lacked any pretensions to intellectual achievement.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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Yet other scholars, activists and intellectuals have their takes, too, on the Harlem Renaissance’s many political movements and bids for Black self-determination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He ignores important studies of literacy and popular reading while he quotes from studies of unrepresentative intellectuals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The decade-long episode instigated by Mao in 1966 saw intellectuals brutally targeted as "class enemies" and schools shuttered, setting China back for years in education and development.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Maybe I associate too much with loving, devoted parents and not enough with intellectuals who think parents are holding their kids hostage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I was among white and Indian intellectuals of my own generation, young men who would form the vanguard of the most important political movements of the next few years.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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