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academic

adjective as in relating to schooling, learning

adjective as in relating to theories, philosophy

noun as in scholar or university/college teacher

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He alienated many in his own profession, calling many fellow academics "dinosaurs", "deadbeats", "fossils" and "has-beens" in his autobiography, Avoid Boring People.

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The deal also reestablishes the research partnership between Cornell and the federal government while also maintaining the private school’s academic freedom and institutional autonomy, Kotlikoff said.

Zihipp Chair Stephen Bloom, who led the academic lab conducting the peptide research, serves as senior vice president of research and development for Metsera today.

American researchers — led by industry — published twice as many highly cited AI papers as their Chinese academic and industry counterparts and roughly four times as many as those in Europe.

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The university has not yet released details of cuts to academic jobs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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