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academy

[uh-kad-uh-mee] / əˈkæd ə mi /


NOUN
society or institution interested in learning
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Agents have complained that Patel uses FBI resources to make sizzle videos of himself engaging in macho-looking behavior at the bureau’s academy in Quantico.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Phil, he co-founded and served as the artistic director of the New World Symphony, a postgraduate orchestral academy in Miami that prepares diverse young musicians for leadership roles in classical music.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

In 2011 the U.S. discovered that Osama bin Laden was hiding less than a mile from Pakistan’s leading military academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

They remain the only WSL team yet to play at their club's larger, men's stadium and the girls academy is the only in the league to be ranked category 2.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

This was 03-01’s ideal, and he pursued it with all those men who came to our academy.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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