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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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I thought my findings, like many academic papers, would have limited lasting relevance in the fast-evolving world of business.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

A handful of academic studies have analyzed day trading among individual investors, and the results don’t look so good.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

He was honored on Tuesday, receiving a $1,500 scholarship from the City Section for his academic and athletic commitment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

If he wanted to combine his love of medicine with anthropology, recording his observations, testing his academic theories, he thought, there was perhaps no better laboratory in the Western Hemisphere.

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




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