as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
the cloistered and privileged world inhabited by the students in that suburban academe
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Recent Examples of academe
Pragmatism begins on the streets and exchanges, and is later articulated in the halls of academe.
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Mark Edmundson, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
Unless academe provides more encouragement and professional incentives for such efforts, the critical dialogues and community exchanges the public is asking for will not happen on the scale that is required.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2017
Nor is the Dunning School itself anomalous in the history of American academe.
—Michael Bérubé, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
Although academe may dismiss the Galileo Project as nothing more than pandering to a gullible public, such prejudice is unhelpful and myopic.
—Seth Shostak, Scientific American, 29 July 2021
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Mark Edmundson, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
Unless academe provides more encouragement and professional incentives for such efforts, the critical dialogues and community exchanges the public is asking for will not happen on the scale that is required.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2017
Nor is the Dunning School itself anomalous in the history of American academe.
—Michael Bérubé, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
Although academe may dismiss the Galileo Project as nothing more than pandering to a gullible public, such prejudice is unhelpful and myopic.
—Seth Shostak, Scientific American, 29 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academe
Noun
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The Wildcats won the bracket in 1985, 2016 and 2018 (LaSalle, another Philadelphia school, won in 1955).—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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For those new to mountain biking, a ride school provides lesson packages that include trail use, bike rental and mountain bike skills.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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The Cuauhtemoc, Mexican academy training vessel collides onto the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, May 17, 2025.—
Rose Abuin,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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The events under investigation took place in Puerto Rico, a town on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, on June 15, 2023, where five players from Real Madrid’s youth academy were on holiday.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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“Academe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academe. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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