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as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
educated people are often more aware and tolerant of cultural and ethnic diversity
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as in skilled
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
a violinist caressing the instrument with an educated touch
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as in taught
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers
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as in inspired
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school
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Recent Examples of educated
Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Faster diagnostics are the new front line For decades, treating bacterial infections has involved a lot of educated guesswork.
—André O. Hudson, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
Air Mail, 28 Feb. 2026
In several of the countries that make up the regional bloc, leaders and senior government officials were educated in Cuba.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Ricart, a former chair of the National Automobile Dealers Association, has seen that rate double at his lot as consumers have become more educated.
—Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Faster diagnostics are the new front line For decades, treating bacterial infections has involved a lot of educated guesswork.
—André O. Hudson, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
The youngest of 15 children, Parks was educated at a segregated elementary school.
—Air Mail, 28 Feb. 2026
In several of the countries that make up the regional bloc, leaders and senior government officials were educated in Cuba.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for educated
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With the help of her best friend Tatum (Rose McGowan), boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ulrich), and cine-literate nerds Randy (Jamie Kennedy) and Stu (Matthew Lillard), Sidney sets out to determine who’s behind the mask.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar. 2026
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My grandmother, who was the only literate one in our family, would write strange musings.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Every industry now faces some form of scarcity – skilled labor, components, energy, fabrication capacity, or regulatory throughput.—
Travis Edmonds,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Any of these pieces of equipment in the hands of a skilled operator should be able to make quick work of an average-sized stump.—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.—
Sydney Sasser,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Aug. 2025
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Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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From late Qing reformers inspired by Athenian citizenship to nationalists who draw on Plato to bolster China’s political ideology, Bartsch shows how supple ancient texts are in the hands of interpreters.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Part of The Coach Originals, it’s inspired by one of the brand’s legacy bags that originally debuted in 1997.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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The most careful scholarly estimate suggests that at least 20 million Americans have served time in prison or lived under felony supervision, or both.—
Kevin B. Smith,
The Conversation,
2 Mar. 2026
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In December, Summers was dealt a lifetime ban from the American Economic Association, a nonprofit scholarly association dedicated to economic research, over his Epstein ties.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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This is an ideal solution for technically adept web admins who prioritize cost-effectiveness, absolute control, and performance.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company is likewise uncomfortably adept at depicting how navigating our immensely complicated, interconnected society can feel.—
Jake Pitre,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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Sheikh Dibo was schooled in Sufism, one of the dominant strains of Islam in northern Syria.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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When Wes Craven’s OG Scream first hit theaters in 1996, we were removed enough from the Golden Age of Slasher Flicks to genuinely miss those grindhouse staples while being deeply video store-schooled in them to get the references.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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However, those cynics didn’t sound as enlightened when the Rockets were up 18 early in the fourth quarter Saturday night.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Call it enlightened self-interest wrapped in black and gold.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Educated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/educated. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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