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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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The University of Barcelona awarded her the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize for the 2023-24 academic year for the thesis, which she presented at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Ms. Rubel, a professor of religion and Jewish studies at the University of Rochester, seems unclear on whether she wants to write for an academic or a popular audience.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

That is the strong conclusion of a study that started circulating late last year in academic circles.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

By the time a course is written and approved through a typically slow academic review, the teaching could be “out of date or in a different direction from the field,” Horn said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

If he wanted to combine his love of medicine with anthropology, recording his observations, testing his academic theories, he thought, there was perhaps no better laboratory in the Western Hemisphere.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

There are more than six million owners with at least 10 wooded acres in the South, academics and forestry consultants have estimated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Campaign group Art Not Evidence, which includes lawyers and academics, is lobbying the government to change the law to create an assumption that "creative expression" is not admissible evidence.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The panel of doctors, academics, youth representatives and parents recommended no screens at all for babies and toddlers, and that children up to 12 should only be allowed "age-appropriate social media" under adult supervision.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

It was developed with guidance from an advisory board that included Huerta, academics and other experts on immigration history.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

At the far end of the gym was a big glass trophy case, filled with plaques and medals and glossy golden cups commemorating Fry High achievements in sports and academics over the years.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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