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Recent Examples of theorist
Rem Koolhaas is an architect and theorist, and a cofounder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
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Rem Koolhaas, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
André Breton was a French poet, writer, and theorist, best known as a pioneering Surrealist and Dadaist.
—Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet in my experience, the typical high-energy theorist in a prestigious university physics department still thinks string theory has a good chance of being correct, at least in part.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
At Rockbund Art Museum, two blocks east, rotating exhibitions — such as one inspired by the work of the French theorist Suzanne Césaire (through April 26) — highlight experimental multimedia works (free).
—Erin Vivid Riley, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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Rem Koolhaas, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
André Breton was a French poet, writer, and theorist, best known as a pioneering Surrealist and Dadaist.
—Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Yet in my experience, the typical high-energy theorist in a prestigious university physics department still thinks string theory has a good chance of being correct, at least in part.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
At Rockbund Art Museum, two blocks east, rotating exhibitions — such as one inspired by the work of the French theorist Suzanne Césaire (through April 26) — highlight experimental multimedia works (free).
—Erin Vivid Riley, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorist
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For Jean Paul Van Bendegem, a philosopher of mathematics at the Free University of Brussels, the journey into ultrafinitism began not with numbers, but with elementary school geometry.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI is the Sam Altman show, as became very clear in 2023 when he was briefly deposed as OpenAI’s philosopher-king.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The event is a fundraiser for the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, which provides financial relief in a confidential, respectful manner to individual theatre practitioners of greater Boston.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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But there also were gains in long-term care, in home healthcare and at practitioners’ offices.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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