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Recent Examples of humanities
In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.
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Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Padley studied classics and history at Baylor University, worked with the Hertog Institute as a political studies fellow and a humanities program facilitator.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Previously, people created knowledge about their world, but there were not strict boundaries between what are now called the humanities, such as history, English and philosophy, and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Interested applicants don’t always need to have business courses under their belt, either; schools are willing to take applicants with science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences backgrounds.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Of course, the humanities were never meant to be exclusive.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Some departments, including the division of the arts & the humanities and the biological science division, will undergo restructuring to streamline spending.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, Chicago’s humanities professors appear largely determined to resist being evaluated in terms of expediency.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
After a hiatus to write books — both fiction and nonfiction — and a popular Substack, The Intrinsic Perspective, which seeks to bridge the cultures of science and the humanities, Hoel returned to scientific research, publishing a paper on the math of emergence.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Padley studied classics and history at Baylor University, worked with the Hertog Institute as a political studies fellow and a humanities program facilitator.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Previously, people created knowledge about their world, but there were not strict boundaries between what are now called the humanities, such as history, English and philosophy, and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Interested applicants don’t always need to have business courses under their belt, either; schools are willing to take applicants with science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences backgrounds.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Of course, the humanities were never meant to be exclusive.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Some departments, including the division of the arts & the humanities and the biological science division, will undergo restructuring to streamline spending.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, Chicago’s humanities professors appear largely determined to resist being evaluated in terms of expediency.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
After a hiatus to write books — both fiction and nonfiction — and a popular Substack, The Intrinsic Perspective, which seeks to bridge the cultures of science and the humanities, Hoel returned to scientific research, publishing a paper on the math of emergence.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanities
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The win on Sunday follows a runner-up finish from worlds in 2023 and a sixth-place finish in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Seen previously on models like NZXT’s own H6 Flow and the more recent APNX V1, angled fan mounts like those on the H9 Flow RGB offer the best of both worlds.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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That requires humans to choose regeneration over extraction.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Like humans, dogs experience several sleep cycles, including periods of wakefulness known as non-rapid-eye-movement sleep and the deeper stage of rapid-eye-movement sleep, according to the American Kennel Club.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Graduates earn a median income of $90,900 after three years, which rises to $170,100 20 years out—the highest median salary of the top 25 publics.—
Fiona Riley,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Unlike democratic politicians who must constantly justify their actions to skeptical publics and hostile media, autocrats like Putin and Kim arrive at these summits with clear, patient, long-term objectives.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, both men have seen their 3-point accuracy fluctuate from season to season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Inside were bunk beds, a little table, and a small gear-sorting area, where two Russian men, one large and one small, were chatting and eating cheese.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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It’s set in a land split in two – Starside is where the magical, powerful immortals live, and Stormside is where mortals scramble for even just a taste of that magic.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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But for the rest of us mere mortals, the idea of stepping into an ice bath for 10 minutes a day is awful.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility Families, communities, and societies bear the deepest loss when mothers do not survive childbirth.—
Shelley Stewart III,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Studying history led Malthus to conclude that societies moved not in an ever-ascending line of progress but in cycles of expansion and decline.—
Roy Scranton,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Sep. 2025
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My guess is that the folks at Sony thought that most people generally don't tap into those dramatically high DPIs.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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Here’s a quick heads up for folks who enjoy the The New York Times’ word search game, Strands.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Humanities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanities. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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