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as in geniuses
a very smart person
many of our most renowned thinkers gathered for the symposium
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as in minds
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
loves crossword puzzles, bridge, and other pastimes that makes her use the old thinker
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Recent Examples of thinkers
For these thinkers—including Lewis Terman, who developed the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale—an exclusive gifted classroom logically doubled as a tool of racial and socioeconomic segregation.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Other far more serious thinkers have made versions of it too.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Phillips said the organization brings together sponsors, community groups and people like coders, activists and politicians, with a board including conservative and progressive thinkers.
—Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
While forming a global network of thinkers, the IPS has developed over the past five years to critically examine the material, discursive, and aesthetic scope of everything that might fall under the heading of postnatural.
—Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Some thinkers, like the author and journalist Thomas L Friedman, propose that–in a world where the internet has made information so readily available–IQ is outweighed by curiosity when it’s combined with passion.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Leaders & Idea-Makers Educators, executives, creators, founders, analysts, and public thinkers who shape conversations and influence decisions.
—Daphne Koller, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Dylan Black, a SDA freshman who took the pilot course this year, said the class allowed students to learn more about each other and also become better debaters and thinkers.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Rather than just showing these thinkers reciting their greatest hits, the longform discussions showcase all of the contradictions (and occasional rifts) between members of the same movement.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Other far more serious thinkers have made versions of it too.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Phillips said the organization brings together sponsors, community groups and people like coders, activists and politicians, with a board including conservative and progressive thinkers.
—Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
While forming a global network of thinkers, the IPS has developed over the past five years to critically examine the material, discursive, and aesthetic scope of everything that might fall under the heading of postnatural.
—Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Some thinkers, like the author and journalist Thomas L Friedman, propose that–in a world where the internet has made information so readily available–IQ is outweighed by curiosity when it’s combined with passion.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Leaders & Idea-Makers Educators, executives, creators, founders, analysts, and public thinkers who shape conversations and influence decisions.
—Daphne Koller, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Dylan Black, a SDA freshman who took the pilot course this year, said the class allowed students to learn more about each other and also become better debaters and thinkers.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Rather than just showing these thinkers reciting their greatest hits, the longform discussions showcase all of the contradictions (and occasional rifts) between members of the same movement.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinkers
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Cleaners that Only Serve One Function Cleaning product manufacturers are geniuses at marketing generic formulas as products for niche items.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
7 Feb. 2026
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This country of geniuses may be dominant in a matter of two to three years, Amodei believes, paving the way for major market disruptions.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The characters are mostly idealized, the action is predictable, and its core conflicts derivative of those in the minds of most American teenagers in the middle of the 20th century.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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July 23 – August 22 Hearts can open wider when minds connect.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Only the best of the bat-to-ball wizards can build a career in the majors.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Everything culminates in a climactic scene in the Shrieking Shack, where the truth about the two Animagi (wizards who can turn into animals) is revealed, plus Sirius Black (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) comes clean as a friend of Harry’s parents who can also turn into a black dog.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2026
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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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But there are plenty of brains in that brain trust, from Spoelstra to Pat Riley to Andy Elisburg to Adam Simon to Eric Amsler to Keith Askins to Nick Arison to Micky Arison.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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More than 90% of the 376 former NFL players’ brains studied were identified as having this degenerative disease, which is strongly associated with dementia.—
Eleanor M. Perfetto,
STAT,
7 Feb. 2026
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The ban might deliver some truly valuable benefits, letting youthful missteps remain local and ephemeral, rather than searing permanent brands onto developing psyches, and giving young people more time to develop the in-person social skills and connections that make life meaningful.—
Keith Humphreys,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
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The format flourished in the middle of the 20th century, in books by Daphne du Maurier and movies like Gaslight, mirroring the psyches of women who’d been empowered to run the homefront during World War II, then married into suburban cages.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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