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education

[ej-oo-key-shuhn] / ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /


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It had an observatory and planetarium and featured custom-built domes, specialized solar-observation telescopes, and a natural science education centre.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“It’s mostly for the kids,” Josh said, explaining that a European passport could open up education and job opportunities for them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Then in 2025, California Senate Bill 20 expanded the state public health agency’s role in silicosis surveillance, outreach and education, and the department designated silicosis as a mandatory reportable condition in California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

More strikingly, entrepreneurs exposed to lower-income peers during higher education become more likely to enter necessity industries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

In the mid-1800s, the Fox sisters, like almost all women, were not allowed to support themselves in business, law, education, medicine, or the trades.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Hershbein found that in the first quarter the labor-force participation rate—the share of the population either working or looking for work—averaged 75.9% for people whose educations span high school through associate degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has revoked the school's license permanently, and said that students' educations would continue through online learning options or transfers to other institutions – especially for orphaned students.

From BBC May 13, 2026

Many were buoyed by the postwar economic boom, access to affordable college educations and workplace pensions, and growth in the housing and stock markets, MarketWatch recently reported.

From MarketWatch Feb. 27, 2026

Separated from the status plays and classical educations of the Northeastern blue-bloods, the wealthy have crafted a design language with all the warmth of an iPhone screen.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2025

With the educations Tansy made me and Lloyd get, we went out into the world – back east to the great boom of the big city, the topless towers of Indianapolis.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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