intellectually

Example Sentences

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O’Herlihy was intellectually hungry — always probing new territory, questioning why things had to be a certain way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

If the profession becomes intellectually uniform, therapy risks becoming a profession that talks only to itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The majority dismissed Hamm as improvidently granted, sparing the life of the defendant, Joseph Smith, and rejecting Alabama’s request for freer rein to execute intellectually disabled people.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

Not everyone has a job that is purely intellectually stimulating and can be carried into their senior years, but it helps.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

An intellectually disabled black woman living in Choctaw County, Alabama, Ms. Banks was accused of killing her newborn child even though police had no credible basis for believing she had ever been pregnant.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson