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[ej-oo-key-shuhn] / ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /


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NEW DELHI—India’s education minister resigned on Saturday, handing the country’s youth movement a major victory and showing the growing heft of a Gen Z movement that began just months ago as online memes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

I can definitely understand why there might not be, let’s say, a surplus of empathy for a privileged young man carelessly and repeatedly squandering his expensive education.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

"Never give up... pray to God. Listen to your parents, education is first, that's all," says Sierra.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“What needs to happen now is more education so that the businesses actually understand the scope,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Still, I was always aware that even with as much education as the engineers had, my father, with his sixth-grade formal education, was equally intelligent.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Upper-income groups are swelling because wages have grown faster than prices over time, especially for white-collar workers with college educations, said Winship.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Many were buoyed by the postwar economic boom, access to affordable college educations and workplace pensions, and growth in the housing and stock markets, MarketWatch recently reported.

From MarketWatch Feb. 27, 2026

Separated from the status plays and classical educations of the Northeastern blue-bloods, the wealthy have crafted a design language with all the warmth of an iPhone screen.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2025

His policies were seen to centre around the middle class and the poor - he approved manifold increase in salaries of central employees, kept inflation in check and introduced landmark schemes on educations and jobs.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2024

Standing on her feet all day in the sweltering laundry was an opportunity if the tumbled military uniforms bought new school clothes, if each sock made a down payment on her children’s college educations.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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