Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Renaissance men
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Private Money, Public Breakthroughs To call Saad Bhamla and his seven co-recipients polymaths is more than flattery.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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During games, Vucevic would pick the brains of assistant coaches DJ MacLeay and Tony Dobbins about defensive coverages and matchup nuances.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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In human brains and lungs; in breast milk and semen; in alpine snow and deep-sea sediment; in corn plants and beer.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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The backstory Once a late-night hot spot on the boulevard Rochechouart in the 1920s, the former incarnation of the hotel drew in traveling artists, intellectuals, and a smattering of stars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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In 2001, Arveláiz organized a high-profile forum at the Sorbonne University in Paris that brought Chávez into direct contact with European intellectuals.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Located in the Marais, a few blocks from the Seine, the name nods not to Cardinal Mazarin himself but to the literary salons of his era, when the great thinkers, performers, and artists of 17th-century Paris gathered in lavish settings.—
Lindsey Tramuta,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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Namir Khaliq Learn from the world's biggest thinkers.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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But one of California’s leading political savants, Paul Mitchell, has developed a helpful online tool to suss out the possibilities.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ted Taylor and Freeman Dyson, two other mid-century savants of the atom, spent years at General Atomic designing a gigantic spacecraft that would weigh thousands of tons and propel itself to Mars, Saturn, and the nearby stars with nuclear explosions.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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This one just happens to involve wizards, goblins, and one savage, half-blind dragon.—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Of all the wizards of modern AI, Amodei, the theoretical physicist who founded Anthropic, maker of Claude, is the most publicly anxious about the impact of his product on the world at large, seemingly spooked by his own predictions.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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Smee and his group have planted 40 or 50 white sages to help rebuild the local population.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The aromatic foliage of sages (including herb species) deters aphids and Japanese beetles, while the blossoms support a host of beneficial insects.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Renaissance men.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Renaissance%20men. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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