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as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the most erudite people in medical research attended the conference an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astronomy
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as in literary
suggestive of the vocabulary used in books
the erudite language of a textbook on philosophy
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Recent Examples of erudite
While the train slowly pulls into Paris Gare de l'Est station the stewards, precise, practiced, and erudite as always, offer parting words.
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Grace Banks,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Soderbergh’s sly film asks what indeed constitutes great art and whether the answer lies in the eye of the beholder or in the erudite but not always reliable opinions from art criticism, art followers and the sometimes shallow artworld overall?
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
Following Astrid, a student obsessed with a certain Russian American novelist, The Obsessed brings us another erudite, ever-questioning narrator with boy problems of her own design.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Enrigue is an erudite, charismatic raconteur—the sort who will tell you the most abject story with a wink—and his novel distills a byzantine swirl of historical events through the lives of a handful of very colorful characters.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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Grace Banks,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Soderbergh’s sly film asks what indeed constitutes great art and whether the answer lies in the eye of the beholder or in the erudite but not always reliable opinions from art criticism, art followers and the sometimes shallow artworld overall?
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
Following Astrid, a student obsessed with a certain Russian American novelist, The Obsessed brings us another erudite, ever-questioning narrator with boy problems of her own design.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Enrigue is an erudite, charismatic raconteur—the sort who will tell you the most abject story with a wink—and his novel distills a byzantine swirl of historical events through the lives of a handful of very colorful characters.
—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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What the novels of William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison reveal about the soul of America • How Lewis and Clark invented the Western • Is Minneapolis the most literate city in America?
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Originally, standard German would have served for writing purposes, for the limited number who were literate, but English slowly replaced it.
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That sisterly correction, among a host of other elements as intangible and yet as instantly recognizable as great literary talent, is also part of what drives Lot 35 in Christie’s Exceptional Sale into its current stratosphere.
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Amazon Quarterly, a prominent lesbian literary arts journal, had ceased publication in 1975, and Ellenberger said there was a gap to fill.
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The anti-Trump rage, the surge of younger, more educated progressive voters, the hunger for someone willing to fight on affordability with policy, message, and tone, in Albany and Washington — all of it was hiding in plain sight for anyone looking at the data rather than the tired, old playbook.
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Also, the participants who volunteered for the study were generally healthier, more educated and more often female than the general French population, the researchers noted.
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He was honored as a Distinguished Fellow by the same organization for his scholarly contributions to the field of regional science, according to his obituary.
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Miami Circle gets historic recognition Carr and other experts, with the support of Ryan Wheeler, then the state’s chief of archaeology, built a case that gradually came to mainstream scientific and scholarly acceptance.
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Her generation was one of thinkers, politically committed to defining how individuals were to be shaped as citizens of a civilized nation.
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In Season 3, the team enters Dinopia, a civilized dinosaur world, to face threats endangering both worlds through friendship, courage, and teamwork.
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“Erudite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erudite. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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