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
But her decision to mix it up beyond the halls of academe has also landed her in the middle of a nasty social media drama and a Hollywood dispute.
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Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
Pragmatism begins on the streets and exchanges, and is later articulated in the halls of academe.
—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
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Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
Pragmatism begins on the streets and exchanges, and is later articulated in the halls of academe.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academe
Noun
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New coach Ramon Carmona is an alumni of the school and coached these players on the lower levels the last three years.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
14 Aug. 2025
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The school has since been renamed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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The goal of the school is to provide a path towards a long-term career that is available to them immediately upon release from prison; attendees of the academy will leave prison with state barber licenses.—
The Deadline Team,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Lateral officers will then transition to the department’s Field Training Program, while new officers will head to the police academy before returning for field training.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
The Tennessean,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Academe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academe. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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