academics

plural of academic

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Recent Examples of academics The team combines expertise from engineering science, philosophy and experimental psychology, supported by the University of Oxford senior academics combining academic rigor with Polestar’s automotive expertise. New Atlas, 29 May 2026 These boards, comprised of academics and civic leaders, are tasked with upholding academic integrity while ensuring institutional accountability. Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for academics
Noun
  • Despite this, the association said recess remains at the discretion of individual teachers in many schools throughout the country.
    Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Two teachers were injured after an assault involving a student during dismissal at a Harford County elementary school on Tuesday.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • But legal scholars said any change to the center's name could not be done unilaterally by the board and instead required congressional action.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • One of this year’s highlights was a panel discussion featuring scholars and historians from UNC Charlotte and the local community.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • These moments have shaped Pryor’s thinking about teaching and educators’ responsibilities.
    Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Nearly 200 educators attend to share best practices in leadership and teaching.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • Scientific American spoke with Devika Bhushan, a public health physician and adjunct faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine, who studies gender norms, about the ways in which fatherhood affects men’s brains and the mental health struggles dads face.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.
    Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.
    Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Previously, Alix Earle, Jake Shane, Anastasia Karanikolaou and Stella Jones shared their own updates at sea with Alo, from fitness sessions with wellness instructors to below-deck getting ready videos.
    Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 18 June 2026
  • During practical exercises, instructors can inject simulated malware or network intrusions into the control software.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • At those gatherings, there will be fans like these two schoolteachers, who have saved their money for decades to watch the world’s best play all over the world.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • In 1952, the Sherskys closed Three Feathers and Q was left roaming Knoxville, selling to schoolteachers, promoters, and even janitors.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026

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“Academics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academics. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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