as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a military academy an academy of the fine arts
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For example, Anthropic is providing access to its AI fluency course while OpenAI is opening up its literacy courses from its academy.
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Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
One area of strength for the Revolution is their academy and player pathway, which has produced a number of first team players, some of whom the club has recently transferred overseas for multimillion-dollar fees.
—Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
Following the lead from state officials to raise recruitment numbers, the department lowered its physical requirements to join the academy, according to copies of the standards from 2016 and 2024.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
Kyrene del Norte, like Kyrene de los Lagos, would remain a dual-language school but become open enrollment only, and Kyrene del Milenio would be repurposed as a dedicated gifted academy.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
One area of strength for the Revolution is their academy and player pathway, which has produced a number of first team players, some of whom the club has recently transferred overseas for multimillion-dollar fees.
—Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
Following the lead from state officials to raise recruitment numbers, the department lowered its physical requirements to join the academy, according to copies of the standards from 2016 and 2024.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
Kyrene del Norte, like Kyrene de los Lagos, would remain a dual-language school but become open enrollment only, and Kyrene del Milenio would be repurposed as a dedicated gifted academy.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academy
school
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If your children do homework at the kitchen table instead of their bedrooms, find a spot to keep school supplies handy.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the program will change where the sales tax dollars go — redirecting dollars that would have otherwise been added to the state’s general fund to pay for highways, schools and other services to pay off the project’s debt and retire the bonds.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Academy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academy. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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