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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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That may be one reason people are airing their frustrations on social media, according to Sara Collins, a senior scholar at the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on healthcare policy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

"Evolution has effectively run the same experiment over and over again across different groups of arthropods," says R. Antonio Gomez, postdoctoral scholar in A&S' Department of Biology and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The College Track nonprofit posted that Urbina Ruiz was a scholar with the program, which supports first-generation students from under-resourced communities in earning a bachelor’s degree.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

His original work helped shape scientific understanding of Deinosuchus and other Mesozoic animals found in Georgia, while also building his international reputation as a paleontology scholar.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

The MIT scholar pretended he couldn’t hear Farooqi.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Even the entreaties of Islamic scholars and officials of Islamic countries the world over have not bent the iron will of the emir and his enforcers, especially on the most sensitive issue of education.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

We know that over the past half-century, more than 200 people have been exonerated after having been sentenced to die, and scholars estimate that 4 percent of those sentenced to death are innocent.

From Slate Aug. 13, 2026

But law scholars are split on the issue that opens the door to a murky legal maze pitting the reach of a presidential pardon against the scope of the Fifth Amendment.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Many legal scholars had previously said he didn’t have the power to order an arrest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

“It wouldn’t feel right to recognize one of these scholars without the other,” he goes on, and I grip the fabric of my skirt so hard I’m surprised it doesn’t tear.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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