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academia

[ak-uh-dee-mee-uh, -deem-yuh, -dem-ee-uh, -dem-yuh] / ˌæk əˈdi mi ə, -ˈdim jə, -ˈdɛm i ə, -ˈdɛm jə /


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She discovered Awad’s fiction when she went down a BookTube dark academia genre-themed rabbit hole.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Today, most of the doomers warning against the impact of artificial intelligence come from inside the companies themselves, from academia, or both.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

“Chronovisor” fashions academia into a key that opens a portal to the past, present and future.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Combining wicked satire with genuine hope, Randy Boyagoda’s latest novel takes on the financial, moral and cultural crises plaguing modern academia.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The willingness of the two universities to share Robert Oppenheimer attested to the scarcity of qualified theoretical physicists in American academia, especially theoreticians of Oppenheimer’s distinction.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik



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