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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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Yet he previously traveled to China for academic work with no issues, including a conference supported by the Chinese government in October 2025, she added.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Titled “Baby Busts and Growth Booms: Demographic Change and the Macroeconomy,” the study began circulating in academic circles this summer.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

The minister explained that this change will not apply during the 2026/27 academic year, in order to allow schools to change their uniform policies.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

However, there is an academic drop, especially in math, when students transition from elementary to middle school, which is a widespread issue across education.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

It was suffused with a weak, academic light—different from Plano, different from anything I had ever known—a light that made me think of long hours in dusty libraries, and old books, and silence.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Renger visited Cornell three times last year but has done little preparation this year for what he will be facing in his balancing act of football and academics.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

To that end, we asked some experts—human-resources chiefs, psychologists, academics, employees and more—for their practical, truly executable, suggestions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Like all academics worth their salt, information is presented in fascinating and accessible ways.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

In an open letter, signed by more than 150 filmmakers, academics, writers and even a few rabbis, the group denounced “the outrageous smear campaign against our respected colleague Mark Ruffalo.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Inexperienced writers tend to be closer to academics than to journalists and use too few paragraph breaks rather than too many.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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