original thinker

collocation in English

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original
adjective
uk
/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us
/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form ...
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thinker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈθɪŋ.kər/us
/ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/
someone who considers important subjects or produces ...
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(Definition oforiginalandthinkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet he was both anoriginalthinkerand an inspiration to later generations.
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He was anoriginalthinkerand, of course, the wit was there already.
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He is anoriginalthinkeron these matters.
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I am not anoriginalthinker.
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He is anoriginalthinker.
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Cannot a mechanic be anoriginalthinker?
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He also won national and transatlantic reputation as anoriginalthinkerand writer on education.
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He was less anoriginalthinkeror creative intellect than a codifier of existing architectural practice.
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He was not a greatoriginalthinker; he lacked the creative faculty and the creative impulse.
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He is respected by his peers as a deep andoriginalthinkerand a master tactician.
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This gained him little notice as anoriginalthinker, and no money.
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He was anoriginalthinker, but his work was remarkably uneven: his encyclopaedic and erudite style has led to both very deep and very shallow analyses.
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Pinson is anoriginalthinkerwho displays remarkable erudition with a gift for blending rational and critical thinking with deep mystical understanding.
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He began lecturing to astrologers in 1963 and gained a reputation for being anoriginalthinkerand stimulating speaker.
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This obviously creates an even more hostile environment for original thinkers working in music composition.
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Whether we shall ever learn of the results of the work of the expert and the original thinkers depends mainly on their decision.*!
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Original thinkers, so the story goes, were supposed to make bold statements, whereas nuancing these was the burden of less bright thinkers.
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There are too few genuine original thinkers in business or in community affairs today.
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They are original thinkers who can apply to practical use the discoveries of the scientists.
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It does not bring the major headquarters, the original thinkers and the support staff that are often a characteristic of service industries.
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