luminaries
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Sitting with luminaries such as Alibaba’s Jack Ma and DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng, according to state media, was a 55-year-old man named Chen Jianhua, founder of a company called Hengli Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
From above, an outdoor terrace is outfitted especially for hosting recruits or other luminaries, complete, for the time being, with basketball courts and pickleball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Her caveat—“believe half of what you see”—resonates throughout the book as it pivots off of works by luminaries in neuroscience, evolutionary biology and sociology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
When I started The Swell newsletter last December, I wanted the bonus culture recommendation to start with Salon’s staff before incorporating other experts, journalists and industry luminaries as guests.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Inside that circle are the homes of Raphael, Michelangelo, Botticelli—and the list of luminaries goes on.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
