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theorist

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as in philosopher

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Recent Examples of theorist The hotel’s design concept weaves a story around the fictional historic Lamarck University, an homage to the French evolutionary theorist, which was supposedly founded in 1894, then abandoned in the 1940s, and ultimately restored by Marriott. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 In the 1985 book No Sense of Place, the media theorist Joshua Meyrowitz observed that television and other electronic media inundated Americans with new kinds of information about their prospective leaders. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 Biologists ranging from the evolutionary theorist Ernst Mayr to the pioneer of molecular biology Jacques Monod have acknowledged that. — Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2026 That’s one of the things that's true, is that some people called me a conspiracy [theorist] on the Epstein stuff. — ABC News, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for theorist

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French philosopher Montesquieu’s 1748 theory of the separation of powers was also seen as a key inspiration to Madison.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
To Sean Carroll, a philosopher and physicist at Johns Hopkins University, the message is clear.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

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Kalologie provides in-room therapy at ARIA, Bellagio and Mandalay Bay via mobile practitioners.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
Nurse practitioners are among the highest level of nurses, holding master’s degrees and performing many of the same duties as physicians.

— Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026

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