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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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"If the ICJ finds that Myanmar committed genocide, it would seriously weaken Min Aung Hlaing's efforts," said Wai Yan Phyo Naing, visiting scholar at Taiwan's Academia Sinica.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Lendeborg says that the bad habits that made him such a disastrous student were exactly what made him a basketball scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

It’s an unlikely second act for the former college administrator and scholar, writes Angela Moore.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Jaden Suh, a former Caltech postdoctoral scholar who is now an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, was moved to tears as the spacecraft carrying his team's work headed into orbit.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Goedart was not a university-trained scholar, Maria discovered.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

In the U.S., by contrast, many Chinese scholars and engineers report feeling increasingly unwelcome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

He was also seeing many other prominent U.S.-based scholars decamp for Tsinghua, including one of his closest friends, Yau Shing-Tung, a Fields Medal winner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

The European Commission has urged progress on resolving the judicial impasse, while legal scholars, civil-society groups and political leaders continue to advocate reforms aimed at strengthening judicial independence.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

This fall, 213 new graduate students and postdoctoral scholars came to campus, down from 287 a year earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

I suggest you take that money and save it for your advanced-degree program in agriculture, where you can tell internationally renowned scholars they’re doing it all wrong.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones


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