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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

Reading the résumé she prepared after reaching New York, he sees “two Hannah Arendts” taking shape in Paris: the scholar and the woman devoted to Jewish action.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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

Jacobs-Wagner is also a member of Stanford Bio-X and an institute scholar at Sarafan ChEM-H.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

“I say, Pip, old chap!” cried Joe, opening his blue eyes wide, “what a scholar you are! An’t you?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

Legal scholars in the early 1800s treated this right as both intact and broad.

From Slate Aug. 11, 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

While the Dalai Lama expressed sorrow and questioned the efficacy of such protests, some scholars criticized him for not trying to stop the practice.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

In those days it wasn’t unusual to find scholars of twenty and even twenty-five doubling back for more schooling.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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