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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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In 1994 he left academia to bring machine learning to Wall Street, then founded SCT Capital, one of the first hedge funds built entirely on machine-driven trading.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Finding the content business more lucrative than any career he could expect in academia, he dropped out of school last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

After the IMF, Gourinchas will be headed back to a career in academia at the University of California, Berkeley.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Cammock said her work was grounded in academia and "asks us to think about who is honoured and valorised and who is not; whose stories are told and whose are not".

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

For the next four years they would continue to defend him from the rivalries and rules of academia.

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



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