as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a military academy an academy of the fine arts
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Jimenez Cruz was scheduled to graduate from Bronx Community College and then head to the NYPD police academy, family members said.
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Many had expected the Academy to reverse course and postpone the date of the Grammy telecast after all, but the announcement that the top Grammy Week event outside of the telecast is still on gives the impression that the academy is indeed planning to move forward with the show.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
Further disruption came Monday, when the motion picture academy again delayed the announcement of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards until Jan. 23.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
At some point in Litton’s youth, Litton had attended a Seventh-day Adventist school in Paradise, also in Butte County, where there is both a Seventh-day Adventist elementary school and high school, the latter of which is called an academy.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Many had expected the Academy to reverse course and postpone the date of the Grammy telecast after all, but the announcement that the top Grammy Week event outside of the telecast is still on gives the impression that the academy is indeed planning to move forward with the show.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
Further disruption came Monday, when the motion picture academy again delayed the announcement of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards until Jan. 23.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
At some point in Litton’s youth, Litton had attended a Seventh-day Adventist school in Paradise, also in Butte County, where there is both a Seventh-day Adventist elementary school and high school, the latter of which is called an academy.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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