as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a military academy an academy of the fine arts
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Other ideas kicked around over the years have been subsidized housing or even returning it to its history of entertainment, as a high-end theater and performing arts academy.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
The academy offers jazz ensembles, summer music camps and individual music lessons.
—Lulu Jaeckel, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Like at other programs geared towards homeschoolers, students come to the academy a few days a week and do the largest share of their schoolwork at home.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
After years of allowing chronically underenrolled public schools to struggle, Chicago is spending millions to transform three into STEAM academies, hoping to draw families back to the neighborhood schools that many of them abandoned.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
The academy offers jazz ensembles, summer music camps and individual music lessons.
—Lulu Jaeckel, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Like at other programs geared towards homeschoolers, students come to the academy a few days a week and do the largest share of their schoolwork at home.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
After years of allowing chronically underenrolled public schools to struggle, Chicago is spending millions to transform three into STEAM academies, hoping to draw families back to the neighborhood schools that many of them abandoned.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academy
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Only about 3% of this year's participating students came from D-or-F-rated schools, which Smith said reflected little change from the previous year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk, 31, is a right-wing political activist and co-founder of the Turning Point USA nonprofit that promotes far-right policies and politics on high school and college campuses.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Academy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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