theorist
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Australian police have arrested two men in connection with Dezi Freeman, the conspiracy theorist gunman who was shot dead by police after a seven-month manhunt in March.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
At times, he gives off the air of a professor, donning blue blazers and short-sleeved button-down shirts as he quotes the political theorist Hannah Arendt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
But it seems to think I’m a conspiracy theorist who is also interested in whatever the media drama of the day is.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
“CNN seeks to be a stethoscope attached to the hypothetical heart of the war, and to present us with its hypothetical pulse,” the French theorist Jean Baudrillard wrote, critiquing the conflict as a media spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
He was a theorist, and this was a job that called for experimenters and engineers.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ist
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