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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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When organizers went public in 2024, the university said it had “serious concerns — legal, academic, and operational — about a union purporting to represent almost all of our research, teaching, practitioner, and clinical faculty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Consider these five additions to their blueprint for addressing the crisis in academic research:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

This indifference to academic and institutional data means that Pratt is the man with the homeless plan.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

In response, some AI firms have argued that published content — from news articles to books and academic research — fall under fair-use rules.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

But she gave only some cursory measurements, pointedly declined to specify any details about the structure, and then brought a witheringly dull academic seminar to its close.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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