scholar

Example Sentences

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I’m an election law scholar who focuses on election administration.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Dr Esther Xosei, a British scholar, activist and leading figure in the global reparations movement, welcomed the vote but doubts it will make much difference on its own.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"This bill doesn't just create problems... it throws our lives out of order completely," said PhD scholar Vaibhav Das, who identifies as non‑binary.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“The 1930s were a peak moment where the greatest, most innovative jazz had a large place in the commercial popular-music world,” says Loren Schoenberg, senior scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

As the work began, I kept spotting people I knew of from Cambridge—the classics scholar Dilly Knox, the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin