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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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The United States welcomed more than 1.1 million international students in the 2023-24 academic year, more than any other country, according to official data.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Author and academic, best known as the former clear-eyed mentor on the fashion-design competition TV show “Project Runway.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Titled “Baby Busts and Growth Booms: Demographic Change and the Macroeconomy,” the study began circulating in academic circles this summer.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

Prof Pat Price, a leading UK clinical academic oncologist, says the government targets "are now simply impossible to hit", after what she describes as a "complete loss of momentum".

From BBC Sep. 10, 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

His case highlights how China’s all-powerful state security system enforces opaque laws in unpredictable ways that raise risks for U.S. passport holders, all while Beijing works to court foreign investors, academics and tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

No, multiple academics have attempted to decipher the meaning behind the mightily adorable meow of the domestic house cat.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Like all academics worth their salt, information is presented in fascinating and accessible ways.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

This led him to assemble his multi-disciplinary team of experts from University College Dublin and the University of Adelaide, along with academics from Dubai, Wales and Portugal.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

If I thought balancing academics and athletics in high school was challenging, college was ten times more intense.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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