as in theorist
a person who expresses a theory in a particular area of experience
a philosopher of freedom
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Recent Examples of philosopher
Ontologically speaking, as the philosophers like to say, this place raises very profound questions about what a strip mall is.
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Asher Price, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
One friend Barnes seems never to have strayed from was the pragmatist philosopher John Dewey.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
For me, the National Arts Club cultivates the elusive connective tissue which bonds together fashion, art, design and all creative endeavors, a salon for thinkers and philosophers.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
During this period, philosophers found common ground between men of differing socioeconomic status, but a widening gender divide.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
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Asher Price, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
One friend Barnes seems never to have strayed from was the pragmatist philosopher John Dewey.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
For me, the National Arts Club cultivates the elusive connective tissue which bonds together fashion, art, design and all creative endeavors, a salon for thinkers and philosophers.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025
During this period, philosophers found common ground between men of differing socioeconomic status, but a widening gender divide.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosopher
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However, some legal theorists say that precise wording may leave the door cracked open under unusual scenarios, including a run for vice president.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2025
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Complexity theorists sort problems into different classes based on the behavior of the best algorithms known to solve them.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
30 Mar. 2025
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The implications around this message are vast and add more stress to both companies and DEI practitioners, who are looking for some solace with these ever-evolving DEI policies.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But critics counter that concierge medicine only helps patients who have the extra money, while at the same time shrinking the overall supply of primary care practitioners in a community.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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Five decades later, Microsoft stands as a survivor of tech’s brutal evolutionary cycles, transforming from a scrappy BASIC interpreter vendor to an operating system kingpin, an internet also-ran, a stagnating giant, and now a cloud computing and AI player worth almost $3 trillion.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
3 Apr. 2025
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Throughout this chaotic finale, Flea played trumpet, Rogers stared (seemingly awestruck) at Springsteen, Kaye tried to get the audience to clap as the ASL interpreters joined the fracas.—
Caryn Rose,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Philosopher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosopher. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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