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Omar confronted one theorist on X Thursday.
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
Regardless, the hot-button topic of immigration enforcement taps into emotions and fear, said Daniel Lawrence, an associate professor at University of Wisconsin-Superior and a digital media theorist.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Writing in the show’s catalogue, curator and critic Magalí Arriola cites Urbano’s interest in theorist Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
One evening, the couple met an acquaintance of Lotringer’s, the cultural theorist Dick Hebdige, for sushi in Pasadena.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
Regardless, the hot-button topic of immigration enforcement taps into emotions and fear, said Daniel Lawrence, an associate professor at University of Wisconsin-Superior and a digital media theorist.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Writing in the show’s catalogue, curator and critic Magalí Arriola cites Urbano’s interest in theorist Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
One evening, the couple met an acquaintance of Lotringer’s, the cultural theorist Dick Hebdige, for sushi in Pasadena.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorist
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She was becoming influenced by social scientists such as the French philosopher Auguste Comte, who were less concerned with enshrining individual rights than with imposing a social order—a departure from her earlier universalist thinking.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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With a booming voice, a philosopher’s curiosity, and a signature toothy smile, Wiley has made a habit of huffing and puffing at the foundations of sports commentary.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Pritzker’s experience as a founder, investor, and cabinet-level policymaker gives her a practitioner’s lens on the decisions that define modern leadership – bringing the perspective of a peer to the interviews.—
Rachel Keidan,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Some prominent Jewish voices, including current CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, have argued that DEI practices are at least latently antisemitic because their practitioners do not consider Jews an underrepresented minority.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theorist. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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