booting (up)

verb

present participle of boot (up)
as in gearing up

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  1. educating
  2. schooling
  3. tutoring
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  • What began as a public hospital has evolved into one of the nation’s leading academic health systems — advancing groundbreaking research, educating generations of physicians and caregivers, and providing world-class care to patients.
    — Pradeep Khosla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026
  • Its Sea Hub for Environmental Learning in Laamu (SHELL) is an impressive center with interactive spaces dedicated to educating guests and local Maldivians about the local marine life.
    — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 July 2026
Definition of educating
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  • Google DeepMind's Sierra Leone study, led by research director Irina Jurenka, reports its AI tutor, Guided Learning, helped students gain over a year's worth of schooling in just eight weeks.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Others have continued schooling or gone on to other industries.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Definition of schooling
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  • The Circle City readers tutoring program will receive $600,000 to fund another semester.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 9 July 2026
  • And dozens of tutoring sites enlist freelancers to offer tutoring in everything from math and science to English, foreign languages, dance, music — almost anything.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of tutoring
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