luminaries
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Pope Leo recently issued an encyclical on AI that built on the work last September of a panel of Nobel laureates, tech specialists and other luminaries the Vatican had assembled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Other luminaries, including Benjamin Franklin, participated in Richmond’s “network.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The music that we were inspired by at that time and looking to as luminaries never had a broad appeal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
In this milieu, Hollywood A-listers like Will Ferrell and Sharon Stone, who occupy separate cliques nearby, pale in comparison to the mingling artistic luminaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Inside that circle are the homes of Raphael, Michelangelo, Botticelli—and the list of luminaries goes on.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
