polyhistoric

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Adjective
  • Despite their ubiquity, school yearbooks are a largely untapped source for scholarly inquiry.
    Michael A Messner, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Path to Open Books on JSTOR The Urgency of Indigenous Values is part of JSTOR’s Path to Open program, which expands access to high-quality scholarly monographs while building a sustainable path to open access.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Soderbergh’s sly film asks what indeed constitutes great art and whether the answer lies in the eye of the beholder or in the erudite but not always reliable opinions from art criticism, art followers and the sometimes shallow artworld overall?
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The dazzlingly witty and erudite script, by Robert Kaplow, is nominated for Best Original Screenplay; Hawke, who is rightly nominated for Best Actor, delivers one of his richest and most surprising performances.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • While tech-literate consumers might navigate the pitfalls successfully, more vulnerable groups—such as the elderly or those less comfortable with technology—are left wide open to errors and exploitation.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The turbulence of the past year brings to mind the sourcing strain of the 2020 pandemic—and the ways companies became more legally literate almost overnight as a matter of survival.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • What made the incident even more striking was that most of Audubon Zoo’s sleepy lizards were bred in captivity, implying the reaction was an innate response instead of learned behavior.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This kind of trading is seen as a form of learned behavior, where dogs associate a specific action with a reward.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Schools across the Emirates were shuttered for weeks after the war began, shifting students to remote learning, prompting some parents, who CNBC has spoken with since the war began, to send children back to their home countries to complete the academic term at schools teaching in-person.
    Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The distinction is more than an academic nicety.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • The star also wore pearl bracelets by the label, totaling 243 Akoya cultured pearls on her wrist alone.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
  • So, their musicianship is deeper and more cultured, and the techniques are shared.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • There are authors and booths everywhere, and plenty of totes and bookish merch to get your hands on.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The contrast between the bookish judge, lauded during his confirmation for his reverence of legal precedents, and the agitated, outspoken figure of recent years was especially noticeable to old friends and supporters.
    Peter S. Canellos, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Polyhistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/polyhistoric. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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