How to Use academically in a Sentence

academically

adverb
  • And that would help academically and that would help the transition from one place to the next.
    Sam Blum, Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2020
  • By the end of the day, she felt reassured academically and had moved past the earthquake.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • That's great, of course, but one of the reasons that Will appeared to turn things around academically?
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 2 Mar. 2019
  • And many kids face new schools and a new set of rules for how to act, both socially and academically.
    Alia Wong, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The program is meant to academically challenge the kids, who are in grades K-3.
    The Tennessean, 24 July 2025
  • Herbert was all-conference on the field and academically in ’18, and will be a two-time captain in the fall.
    SI.com, 1 July 2019
  • Now, as Solomon heads to first grade, Carson is clear-eyed about where his son stands academically.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Now, as Solomon heads to first grade, Mr. Carson is cleareyed about where his son stands academically.
    New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
  • By putting all of the most academically advanced students in just a handful of schools, the non-exam schools are far worse off.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Brainard: Students need to be in a good space mentally to be able to thrive academically.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Off the field, Hart was struggling academically and had just learned his girlfriend was pregnant with their first child.
    Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Nguyen excelled academically in high school, but his grades faltered for the first two years of college.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2021
  • This year was meant to be the year that schools help students catch up academically after more than a year of distance learning.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Kids are paying the price, and the ones who are left behind their peers academically will pay an even steeper, more prolonged one.
    Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The Warner kids were challenged to perform academically and placed in sports at a young age so long as their grades were maintained.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Wade wasn’t academically eligible to play as a freshman, and had to spend the year getting his grades and test scores up.
    D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • There was no question McGraw knew what was best for the players, academically, on the field, or just walking down the hallway.
    Amy Bass, SI.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • My son is 10 years old and is behind his peers academically.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
  • At West Point, Cooper finished near the top of her class academically.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024
  • These are the students who make growth and lessen their gap academically and socially.
    Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021
  • But more importantly for me is the growth that she's made as a young woman, both as a person and academically.
    Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Only if Harry had been held back a few years — if Hogwarts had not gone as well for him, academically.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Badger, who was with the program last year but not academically eligible, excelled in the spring but has not been in the mix yet.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Aside from being more prepared, academically, the 4-year-old was ready to be away from her parents for an entire day.
    Emma Kate Fittes, Indianapolis Star, 30 Apr. 2019
  • And that will be something that really helps out all of our sports academically, and there will be some benefits across the board.
    Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The doctors who go to the conference tend to be more academically minded than those who stay home, Garratt said.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
  • There’s always a balance to be struck when a state takes over a school district that’s struggling academically, Klussmann said.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
  • Part of that process meant keeping Branch on track academically.
    Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The schools are not only among the most prestigious academically in the nation, but their sports programs have been rivals for decades.
    Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • This issue is heightened by the fact that first grade is more academically rigorous now than in years past.
    John Fensterwald, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2021

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