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scholar

[skol-er] / ˈskɒl ər /


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These are masterly works of literature, but they are not, pace Mr. Chandler and Ms. Volohova, an independent scholar of Grossman’s life and work, “two of the greatest novels of the last century.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 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

But I felt like an early Jacobean-era scholar, and a love of Shakespeare was born.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

“You can really see the impact she had on them,” said Kellie Jones, a scholar and independent curator who organized “Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980” at the Hammer Museum in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

A twelfth-century Jewish scholar, Moses Maimonides, described the Kalam—the beliefs of Islamic theologians—with horror.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

The project also demonstrates the value of collaboration among institutions, established researchers, students and postdoctoral scholars.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Legal scholars call it an abuse of power.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 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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