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intellectual

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




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That sentiment can often seem true in a market where studio executives favor sequels and drab intellectual property over originality and fresh takes.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Later that year, Aschenbrenner launched his hedge-fund firm, which he described as a “brain trust on AI,” with Carl Shulman, another AI intellectual who once worked at Peter Thiel’s macro hedge fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

It doesn’t manufacture fuel cells like Bloom but instead licenses the intellectual property behind them.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

According to the full transcript, an expert from the government's Youth Justice Service told Southampton Crown Court that placing one of boys in custody would be damaging, given his complex intellectual impairments.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

You know, when I won the World Championship in 1972, the United States had an image of a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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