Renaissance man

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Recent Examples of Renaissance man Songwriting was merely one aspect to the Renaissance man, who was also a Golden Globe-winning actor, Golden Gloves boxer, Rhodes scholar, author, U.S. Army veteran, pilot, and onetime record-label janitor. Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 Though Malcolm was no longer in the Nation of Islam, its members had a dress code combatting stereotypical images of Black people. 04 Lawyer, actor, and socialist activist Paul Robeson was a stylish Renaissance man. Malaika Jabali, Essence, 7 Sep. 2024 Today, he might be called a polymath or a Renaissance man. Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024 After all, the 72-year-old Hoosier is quite the Renaissance man, dabbling in film, musical theater, painting and more between album releases. Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for Renaissance man
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Noun
  • The Grammy-winning polymath announced his Based on a True Story Summer Tour on Monday (March 17), which will hit major cities in the U.K. and Europe this summer.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci observed tree growth and came up with his own mathematical rule for painting trees.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Good American Family is about Natalia Grace, a child adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett who already have three children of their own, one of whom has autism and a genius-level intellect.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Per Kristine's book The Spark, Jacob has autism and a genius-level intellect.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Creative wiz Michael Lasswell is already hard at work on the set design, and of course, iconic stage talent Steve Scott is the artistic director at Dunes Summer Theatre.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • At the time, Barnett was a rising star in the speakers’ circuit because of her son Jacob, a physics wiz with autism who made headlines for excelling at school when experts doubted his abilities.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That track record means nearly every collection Clapton has released in the style has performed exceptionally well commercially – at least when compared to other blues projects in America.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Yardbirds were originally part of a wave of UK bands, with the Who, the Animals and the Rolling Stones, all enraptured with American blues.
    Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These practices turn attention away from screens and help keep your child’s brain engaged at home during the summer.
    Yvette Thompson-Echevarria, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Similarly, puzzle-solving and brain games can stimulate cognitive functions like attention and processing speed, providing consistent mental exercise.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Can your brain be trained to become a chart-predicting wizard?
    Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • See It, Feel It, Buy It Six years after The Who released Tommy, the British rockers followed it with a 1975 film starring Roger Daltrey as the titular pinball wizard.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • One is blond, hair almost white, wears wire glasses, and exudes the presence of a bohemian intellectual.
    Jeffrey Seller, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • In 1799, Davy expanded his experiments to include intellectuals, philosophers and poets, like Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in what became known as the nitrous oxide trials.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Utopia Bedding 4-Piece Sheet Set Shoppers can choose from 28 colors, such as neutrals like white and brown, along with spring-ready hues like sage green and yellow, and sizes twin through California king.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Just outside the fence are a line of plants including maidenhair and pink muhly grasses, Texas sage and society garlic.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025

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