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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents some 60,000 UC academic workers, also sponsored the plan.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Both were proposed in a study published a number of years ago in the academic journal Research in International Business and Finance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Mr. Kidd describes this as “a spectacular breach of conventional academic protocol,” especially as the dons conferred unopposed—on the same day—an honorary degree on Alessandro Pertini, the 88-year-old Italian president.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

"It's an academic year calendar with a space for each of us, and then an events section, so as soon as a notice comes in, I write it down."

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

It was all academic, seeing as he intended to escape anyway.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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

The study, published in the journal Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology in June, was undertaken by academics at Texas State University and the University of Toronto Mississauga.

From BBC Aug. 29, 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

To have acknowledged the truth about their schools, moreover, academics would have had to acknowledge their own position of privilege.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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