How to Use scholar in a Sentence

scholar

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  • She's a renowned scholar of African-American history.
  • Some scholars have likened the process to a kind of public penance.
    — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The scholar can score one free donut for each A and can get six free donuts at most.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Two of the three most recent scholars to be awarded the Nobel prize joined the cause this time around.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Thanks in part to scholars like Huang, her legacy won’t suffer the same fate.
    — Mayukh Sen, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Heather McGhee, a Black scholar on the show, praised Civitello for his desire to change.
    — Mark Hertsgaard, TIME, 7 May 2024
  • For scholar athlete of the week, he was asked about his study secrets.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Some of it is aimed at exactly the kind of work that scholars are supposed to do.
    — William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Here’s the lineup of 2023 films, chosen with the help of Coye Lloyd, guest curator and film scholar.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2023
  • With support from the French embassy, the shop also packs in a busy schedule of top-tier events with authors, scholars, and thinkers.
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
  • As Frank, the comics scholar, notes, these differences can lead to feelings of alienation.
    — Regina Marie Mills, Fortune, 6 June 2023
  • This year’s group of scholars is the largestyet, with more than 10 countries represented.
    — Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Over the past 400 years, scholars have found plenty of historic pottery in Australia.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
  • Iraq has not made an official comment on the matter since the scholar went missing.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 6 July 2023
  • Cézanne scholar Mary Tompkins Lewis was among a small group of experts invited to see the mural last year.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • According to the scholar Maria Tatar, these were folktales shared among adults after hours, while the children were asleep.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Enter Email Sign Up West has a long history of activism as a scholar.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
  • Donna is a scholar of classics, with a doctorate in the subject, and an author.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In the end, election law scholars say violence need not derail the outcome.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Segedin thinks of himself as a scholar who happens to work with a brush instead of a typewriter or a computer.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Hanke is an unusual blend of sober scholar and action hero.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Not only that, the scholars argue, the election officials are legally required to do so.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The social movement scholar served on Bass’ transition team and has been friendly with her since her activist days.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
  • Some scholars, on the other hand, say that there’s still little physical evidence tying King David to the sites.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2023
  • School leaders and scholars worry about the services' financial costs – and the academic ones.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Collectives and talented scholar-athletes around the country are watching the case for clues on how NIL will play out.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
  • As many legal scholars have pointed out, this is a highly unusual case, and likely a weak one.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
  • As school leaders in the U.S. wrestle with whether or not to ban smartphones, The Conversation has invited four scholars to weigh in on the issue.
    — Arnold Lewis Glass, The Conversation, 26 July 2023
  • That scholar is his George Mason colleague, Robin Hanson.
    — James Broughel, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Many scholars consider Sicily to be among the first islands humans settled in the Mediterranean.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024

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