How to Use academically in a Sentence

academically

adverb
  • By the end of the day, she felt reassured academically and had moved past the earthquake.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Now, as Solomon heads to first grade, Carson is clear-eyed about where his son stands academically.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Now, as Solomon heads to first grade, Mr. Carson is cleareyed about where his son stands academically.
    New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
  • By putting all of the most academically advanced students in just a handful of schools, the non-exam schools are far worse off.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Brainard: Students need to be in a good space mentally to be able to thrive academically.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Off the field, Hart was struggling academically and had just learned his girlfriend was pregnant with their first child.
    Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Nguyen excelled academically in high school, but his grades faltered for the first two years of college.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2021
  • This year was meant to be the year that schools help students catch up academically after more than a year of distance learning.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The Warner kids were challenged to perform academically and placed in sports at a young age so long as their grades were maintained.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • My son is 10 years old and is behind his peers academically.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
  • At West Point, Cooper finished near the top of her class academically.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024
  • These are the students who make growth and lessen their gap academically and socially.
    Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021
  • Badger, who was with the program last year but not academically eligible, excelled in the spring but has not been in the mix yet.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • This issue is heightened by the fact that first grade is more academically rigorous now than in years past.
    John Fensterwald, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The authors say states and districts should use the remaining funds to help students catch up academically.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Nate works very hard academically, and combats any trials that come his way.
    Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Children who have cavities, for instance, tend to miss more school days and fare worse academically than those who don’t.
    New York Times, 19 May 2021
  • Hunter, which is among the most academically competitive of the CUNY colleges, tends to be a commuter school, and students often work part or full time.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • All kids have their own unique strengths and challenges, with some needing a bit more support academically than others.
    Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The school says Raynardo is doing fine academically and won’t have a problem advancing to the first grade.
    NBC News, 4 May 2021
  • The cavernous eight-story building holds about 5,850 students, one of the largest and most academically rigorous high schools in the United States.
    New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • That would cover Chicago’s 11 selective high schools that rank academically among the best in the state and nationwide.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023
  • It’s one thing to learn this academically and another to witness it in practice.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Being able to help your child at home—both academically and behaviorally—plays a huge role in their success at school.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Kids are struggling academically now more than ever because of her collusion with the CDC to lock kids out of learning.
    Fox News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In all of these episodes, there’s always a stark divide between how the smarter kids spend their graduation day lead-up, and how the … academically challenged do.
    Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 30 May 2024
  • Van Demark said Mensah struggled academically, but is on the right track now.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • For now, the telescopes will keep on working and the astronomers will keep on observing and the paper will continue to be churned out by the thousands and—academically at least—that is a very good thing.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 Mar. 2022
  • That group culls the best research on what helps freshmen succeed academically and helps coach principals and teachers on how to apply it in their schools.
    oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The work that the Mobile Crisis Team is doing every day is helping students to be academically successful and be contributing members of society.
    Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 19 Dec. 2024

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