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This time theorists interpreted it to represent the magnitude of the universe’s dark energy density, a constant that doesn’t change with time.
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Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
What is now known as Kepler’s Supernova remained visible to the naked eye for 18 months, and formed the basis for the theorist’s 1606 work, De Stella Nova.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
Peter Turchin, a University of Connecticut professor and leading theorist of structural-demographic cycles, sees the current moment as part of a predictable historical pattern.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Game theorists refer to the resulting pockets of low vaccine uptake as susceptibility clusters.
—Avi Dor, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
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Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
What is now known as Kepler’s Supernova remained visible to the naked eye for 18 months, and formed the basis for the theorist’s 1606 work, De Stella Nova.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
Peter Turchin, a University of Connecticut professor and leading theorist of structural-demographic cycles, sees the current moment as part of a predictable historical pattern.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Game theorists refer to the resulting pockets of low vaccine uptake as susceptibility clusters.
—Avi Dor, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for theorist
Noun
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This is the work for Clark and the other ICCS philosophers.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The novel follows Adora Hazzard, a philosopher and divorcee living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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That worries Glen Kila, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner in Waianae, who is not related to Darius Kila.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Many women stopped using hormone therapy because of the study, and some practitioners no longer recommended it for their patients.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theorist. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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