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also academical
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as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
"If you spent more time in academic pursuits and less time in social ones, you could easily make good grades," the dean told Valerie
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2
as in intellectual
very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters
academic thinkers who have no understanding of realpolitik
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as in theoretic
existing only as an assumption or speculation
your arguments are merely academic—such a worst-case scenario is unlikely to ever occur
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as in academe
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Recent Examples of academic
Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
With three hours of homework looming — Kent Denver prides itself on being the state’s hardest academic school — the players still linger after workouts to get up more shots.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Gary Drenik, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The team is working with academics, grassroots organizations, migrant shelters, and activists, including Humane Borders and artist Alvaro Enciso, to ensure the game stays grounded in reality, Reyes says.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Through a blend of academic research, analysis and personal experience, the book offers tools to dismantle the system, like intuition, courage and power.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
With three hours of homework looming — Kent Denver prides itself on being the state’s hardest academic school — the players still linger after workouts to get up more shots.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The need for reliable, verifiable information has never been more pressing in academics.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The team is working with academics, grassroots organizations, migrant shelters, and activists, including Humane Borders and artist Alvaro Enciso, to ensure the game stays grounded in reality, Reyes says.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academic
Adjective
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Many companies unknowingly create environments that discourage intellectual exploration, leading employees to disengage from problem-solving and creative thinking.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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McKinley displayed plenty of intellectual flexibility, manifested not just in his Hawaii and Cuba maneuverings but also in his willingness to alter his longtime advocacy of high protective tariffs and craft a new policy more in keeping with a changing world.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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His ideas have particularly struck a chord with readers who deal in aesthetics—artists, curators, designers, and architects—even though Han has not quite been embraced by philosophy academe.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2024
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That points to a missed opportunity, because even a little self-reflection would reveal much in 21st-century academe that will one day look as repellent as the earlier bias against Jews.—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
13 Oct. 2022
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Newsweek has reached out to several legal scholars for comment via email on Sunday.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Her fate remains one of literature’s most haunting unsolved mysteries, drawing the fascination of scholars, writers and literary enthusiasts.—
Patti Callahan Henry,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Until now, the consensus scholarly view has held that collards came to the Americas early in the 16th century with Spanish, Portuguese or English Europeans, who introduced collards as a garden plant that was then taken up by enslaved Africans.—
Abderrahim Ouarghidi,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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The following reading list offers an initial primer on some of the major scholarly trends in the vibrant history of natural history.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Innovation should be practical and actionable, not just theoretical.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Here's How To Remove Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' The Next Steps for Finding Answers Scientists have identified several theoretical ways that microplastics could contribute to cancer.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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Other founding principals include fellow academicians Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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That committee was the brainchild of two men, William Rusher, the publisher of National Review, and his longtime collaborator, F. Clifton White, a lapsed and low-keyed academician from upstate New York.—
Neal B. Freeman,
National Review,
9 July 2024
Noun
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Subsequent chapters explore great bookmen of the Renaissance, from the Florentine tradesman Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Flemish illuminator Simon Bening to the English antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton — manuscript obsessives all.—
Bruce Holsinger,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2023
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In the 1970s and ’80s, a flamboyant Texas bookman and one-time president of the ABAA named John Jenkins made money selling stolen and forged items to libraries and collectors.—
Travis McDade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Aug. 2020
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Listen to this article An Aurora seventh grader achieved a scholastic twofer last week, winning Denver’s regional science fair and the Colorado state spelling bee in a six-day span.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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Sanders won the 2024 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which is given to the nation’s top quarterback who best exemplifies character, scholastic and athletic achievement.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
19 Dec. 2024
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