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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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Opponents of ditching testing requirements argued that the exams are a key tool to uniformly predict academic success from students of divergent backgrounds, as well as schools that may issue grades differently.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

He said: "We will rebuild a system of comprehensive education in this country, with parity between academic and technical."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The Chinese grad called it "an academic fan meeting".

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Beane, who is on academic leave, is building a tool called SkillBench to help organizations improve how work gets done with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

My mom makes a good living, but I still need an academic scholarship to help with tuition.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

Studland Bay Marine Partnership is made up of conservation charities, boating organisations, academics, statutory bodies, community groups and businesses, with the aim of restoring Studland's seagrass.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Likewise, the manufactured, protracted conflicts among the parents at Legendary Prep Academy, an intensive baseball school in Scottsdale where pupils waste only two hours a day on academics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

They were often doctors or academics who “knew the science,” but “that didn’t seem to matter.”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Some of the reluctance may be a holdover from a long- dormant intellectual battle in which academics and activists squared off about the purported Haudenosaunee role in the U.S.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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