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also academical
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as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
"If you spent more time in academic pursuits and less time in social ones, you could easily make good grades," the dean told Valerie
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as in intellectual
very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters
academic thinkers who have no understanding of realpolitik
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as in theoretical
existing only as an assumption or speculation
your arguments are merely academic—such a worst-case scenario is unlikely to ever occur
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Recent Examples of academic
Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
But there is some academic research that shows targeted online advertising can sway voter behavior.
—David Smiley, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Among a flurry of nationalistic musings was an obscure academic named George Grant who scored a surprise bestseller in 1965’s Lament for a Nation.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The Fort Worth Independent School District is in a crisis with regard to academic achievement, a deputy state education commissioner told a crowd of more than 100 parents, teachers and community members during a community meeting Thursday evening.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
But there is some academic research that shows targeted online advertising can sway voter behavior.
—David Smiley, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recently married to a promising academic yet already a frustrated wife, prone to boredom and depression?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Among a flurry of nationalistic musings was an obscure academic named George Grant who scored a surprise bestseller in 1965’s Lament for a Nation.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academic
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In addition, Blaze Pizza will donate $1 from every pizza sold that day to Folds of Honor, which provides educational scholarships to military families.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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Most Gazans who had come of age or graduated from university in 2006 when Israel’s blockade was imposed were in 2023 reaching the second half of their thirties without ever having had a job, despite their impressive educational achievements.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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But if nothing changes, the future of conservative politics will see much of the anti-semitic rhetoric as a badge of intellectual honesty.—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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With that being said, when Venus squares Pluto, the clash between emotional intensity (Scorpio) and intellectual detachment (Aquarius) is undeniable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The results offer crucial confirmation for theoretical models about how magnetic turbulence carries and dissipates energy in the sun's upper atmosphere, Morton added.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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This is not a theoretical concern.—
David Miliband,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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Chinese research took a long while to recover from Mao’s purge of academe.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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His ideas have particularly struck a chord with readers who deal in aesthetics—artists, curators, designers, and architects—even though Han has not quite been embraced by philosophy academe.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2024
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Media studies scholar Stephen Ponder argues that William McKinley, inaugurated as president in 1897, laid the groundwork for Roosevelt’s later efforts to fully bring the press into the White House.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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And labor scholar Hamilton Nolan reminds us to breathe, and take the (rare) win.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Much scholarly attention is also paid to the science of electrical storage, enabling a body to function as a permanently recharged battery, and to the use of an enormous lightning-rod mechanism, which will harness lightning from atop an isolated tower, where Victor conducts his experiments.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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The study, published on the open-access scholarly article archive, arxiv, has not yet been peer-reviewed.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Below are the three most salient lessons from the depths of the speculative fiction trenches.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s chief investment officer, Lisa Shalett, issued a note to clients yesterday arguing that now may be the time to sell speculative tech stocks.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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There’s little scaffolding or bridging, virtually no space given to centralized agencies, which most development academicians would agree still have their place.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Other founding principals include fellow academicians Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Academic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academic. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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