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[ej-oo-kayt] / ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /


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A Your Responsibility, Your Actions, Their Privacy campaign has also been carried out to educate staff about data protection and the "serious consequences" of not following the rules, it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

So, inevitably I’m convinced I can perform pretty much any task better than she, and figure I can best educate Caroline through my example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

"I just hope to educate a few people," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The key precaution is to educate the judiciary of these dangers, and this work is underway.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

It is easier to educate a man when he wants to learn.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Wasim, who learned more about it through asking doctors questions and social media, said she now educates her mum, who also has PMOS, on ways to manage symptoms.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Unified, the nation’s second-largest school system, educates about 390,000 students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Sheers educates crypto-curious clients about other risk assets that offer more diversification and less volatility.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

It tells the story of a grandfather who educates his granddaughter Mona about the beauty of art after she is told by doctors she risks going blind.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

Imagine now that instead of running a day-care center in Haifa, you are running the Chicago Public Schools, a system that educates 400,000 students each year.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

But it may surprise some to learn that “the fall has been concentrated in low- and middle-income countries and among poorer and less educated women,” as Messrs. Fernández-Villaverde and Norrick write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

A lawyer educated at Pepperdine University in California, Zacharia, 42, has four children.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hominin fossils are so rare that generally the differences between them are huge, and researchers are left to make educated guesses regarding what existed in the missing parts of the fossil record.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

On campus, students are educated on the importance of not touching or feeding the donkeys, which weigh about 500 pounds and can charge at humans when feeling threatened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

After all, once they have been loved, fed, clothed, and educated, most children are well able to fashion their own entertainments, and the wise Mater and Pater will let them.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"We haven't done a very good job of educating people about how much electricity and water we use," Pestridge said.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

If someone wants to remain independent, they need to continue educating themselves about the changing world we live in as seniors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The museum board said Exposition Park would allow the institution to “have the greatest impact on the broader community, fulfilling our goal of inspiring, engaging and educating a broad and diverse visitorship.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Banderas, 66, says his way of educating his own kids, whom he shares with ex-wife Melanie Griffith, was very different.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

As growing numbers of Colored people had migrated to the area over the previous decades, the importance of educating them had become increasingly clear.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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