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Recent Examples of academics
These boards, comprised of academics and civic leaders, are tasked with upholding academic integrity while ensuring institutional accountability.
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Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for academics
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How scholars became aware of the Gimo archive, which includes nineteen works for mandolin, collected in Italy by the son of a Swedish iron manufacturer in 1762.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Aurangzeb assembled a panel of qualified Indian ʿulamāʾ (religious scholars) to compile this legal manual.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The governors’ endorsements of Turning Point USA, to the exclusion of other student clubs, has come under criticism from teachers unions and civil liberties groups.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Resident teachers, or teachers in training, will be the substitutes.—
Lacey Beasley,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Program staff and educators say the academy's impact is visible in individual student outcomes.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Police, social workers and educators were well aware of problems with Rudakubana.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ultimately, Turner says, young people are resilient — their brains are still growing — and intentional parenting goes a long way toward offsetting the effects of digital devices and social media.—
Deborah Vankin,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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While executives like Benioff tout AI’s ability to free up humans for higher-level tasks, Morin said the boring, repetitive, tasks that office workers complete daily are necessary to give our brains a break.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.—
Emily Saladino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Sep. 2025
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Rener and Ryron Gracie are third-generation Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt instructors and the grandsons of Helio Gracie.—
Janay Reece,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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This is now the view of Jaramillo, his instructors and young cooks who are eager to be a part of Denver’s culinary scene.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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Both phases will require workers – mostly schoolteachers and government officials – to go door-to-door to collect information.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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Jiri Lehecka was raised by schoolteachers in a small village north of Prague in the Czech Republic, urged to focus on academics and play as many sports as possible and treat them as hobbies.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Academics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academics. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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