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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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To which, however, with a bow to Smith the writer and scholar, Schumpeter added, “it is a great performance all the same.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

As scholar Sheila Jasanoff asserts, sound democratic governance requires epistemic humility—an explicit acknowledgment of the limits of scientific certainty in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

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

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

The goal of winning top scholar has been my anchor.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

Researchers believe historic parchment represents a largely unexplored source of information that could connect genetics with questions traditionally studied by historians, archaeologists, and other scholars.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Writers, scholars, filmmakers and more will put on events focused on the man, his art and the historic locale.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The book continues to be the focal point of study and debate by scholars and was once described by Martin Luther King Jr. as the “historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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