be taught
Example Sentences
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But it articulates the logic hovering around the episode: If Americans can be taught to eat correctly, perhaps they will require less care — and perhaps the government can spend less providing it.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Ieuan Horgan says his music lessons had to be taught in silence.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
What the ancients understood, and what remains true now, is that empathy can be taught through the sustained act of attending to another’s experience in the presence of others.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
U.S. history can’t be taught accurately without acknowledging the role religion has played in the actions and ideas of the American people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Every town in Massachusetts had a grammar school, and from the age of eight, pupils there would be taught the classics from eight in the morning until dark fell.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
