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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 theoretic
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
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
People have had public debates about the proper approach to safeguarding health since before modern medicine, but RFK is not a fringe academic or internet poster who can argue to his heart’s content without actually hurting anyone.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
But once Houston established both sides of the line of scrimmage again, the rest of the tilt became academic.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Tom Sturridge plays a Russian private banker, Dimitri Sidorov (based on oligarch, and opposition activist, Mikhail Khodorkovsky), while Jeffrey Wright co-stars as the American academic to whom Baranov tells his story.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
People have had public debates about the proper approach to safeguarding health since before modern medicine, but RFK is not a fringe academic or internet poster who can argue to his heart’s content without actually hurting anyone.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
Meanwhile, investigators continued to dig into the background of Robinson, who was admitted to Utah State University, about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City, on an academic scholarship, according to a video of him reading his acceptance letter posted to a family member's social media account.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
But once Houston established both sides of the line of scrimmage again, the rest of the tilt became academic.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academic
Adjective
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Gloria Lu is cosmetic chemist and co-founder of educational platform and skin-care line Chemist Confessions.—
Dani Hardman,
Allure,
15 Sep. 2025
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The information provided in this article is for general informational and educational purposes only.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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McCormick has long been an advocate and supporter of Best Buddies, an organization that champions inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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The book club has helped replicate the intellectual community that she’s missed since leaving school.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 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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Multiple rights experts and scholars say Israel's military assault on Gaza amounts to genocide.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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An outer wall of the exhibit includes commentary through the centuries from great poets and scholars about the awe-inspiring site.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Sep. 2025
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Is this just marketing, or does scholarly research really support such claims?—
Brian W. Stone,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Joshi says teachers also tend to be a vocal crowd that isn’t shy about sharing their scholarly opinions.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That volume of data is impractical to fit theoretical models to deliver large-scale, accurate predictions.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The material enhances performance The team elucidated the material’s mechanism through a series of experimental analyses, including solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 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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Subsequent chapters explore great bookmen of the Renaissance, from the Florentine tradesman Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Flemish illuminator Simon Bening to the English antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton — manuscript obsessives all.—
Bruce Holsinger,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2023
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Once asked to describe himself, McMurtry called himself a writer, a screenwriter — and perhaps most significantly, a bookman.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2021
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“Academic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academic. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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