as in genius
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someone who knows a lot about many different things
She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences.
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Recent Examples of polymath
Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Toth’s character does draw upon real historical figures for inspiration, most prominently two fellow Hungarian Jewish refugees: architect and designer Marcel Breuer and polymath Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
—Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
These included Donato Bramante (the architect whose original plan for St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City would inspire Michelangelo) and the painter and polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who frescoed several rooms in the castle.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The late polymath and famously eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes was a businessman, pilot, aerospace engineer, investor, and philanthropist turned recluse who was once the richest man in the world.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Even polymath Leonardo da Vinci was subject to this arrangement.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Toth’s character does draw upon real historical figures for inspiration, most prominently two fellow Hungarian Jewish refugees: architect and designer Marcel Breuer and polymath Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
—Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
These included Donato Bramante (the architect whose original plan for St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City would inspire Michelangelo) and the painter and polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who frescoed several rooms in the castle.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The late polymath and famously eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes was a businessman, pilot, aerospace engineer, investor, and philanthropist turned recluse who was once the richest man in the world.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polymath
Noun
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For that reason, ID president Jason Sarlanis told THR that The Fall of Diddy aimed for a full picture of Combs, which includes the darkness that lay beneath his creative genius and a seemingly obsessive need to control and abuse people in his orbit, including employees.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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The separation of the show between Willy’s ready-to-wear and Adidas through a lighting and music change was genius, and playing the excerpt from Bishop Mariann Budde at the end drove his message and position home.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Jack Whitaker, one of those clients, was a sportscaster known for an elegant and erudite style.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Buenos Aires Reader, a comprehensive anthology enriched by its editors’ erudite commentaries, captures the Argentine capital’s evolution through contributions in art, food, music, soccer, and much else.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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From there, the brothers rope in a boozy harmonica virtuoso named Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who only accepts the gig after the brothers agree to pay him in Irish beer.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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Throughout, he’s depicted as an anxious man with big feelings, a musical virtuoso whose shame, self-esteem and addiction issues were spawned as a young child bearing witness to domestic disputes.—
Derek Scancarelli,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Cultivating a data-literate workforce is key to sustaining a future-proof data strategy.—
Gowtham Chilakapati,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Can your brain be trained to become a chart-predicting wizard?—
Dividend Channel,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.—
Cyril Labbé,
The Conversation,
31 Jan. 2025
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Federal law prohibits universities from discussing individual students' disciplinary records, but the University takes these violations of our rules and scholarly norms seriously.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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However, many people do not fully appreciate how academic inquiry, research, and scholarship are embedded within their daily lives.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Trinity College is an excellent academic institution where my mom obtained her master’s degree.—
Nikos Mohammadi,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
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In shades of pink and purple, plus black, cream, and sage, Hunter’s Elana clog features a 1.75-inch heel height, shock-absorbing footbeds, and water-resistant rubbery upper for dewy mornings and drizzly dog walks.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
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Available in four colors — purple, blue, sage, and ivory — this dress’ A-line silhouette and floor-skimming length give it a formal yet feminine look similar to the HGTV star’s style.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Polymath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polymath. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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