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as in instructional
providing useful information or knowledge
we found the talk on easy ways for families to recycle household products very educational
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as in academic
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
the community college strives to meet the educational needs of the residents of its urban location
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Recent Examples of educational
District 86 officials recently approved the hiring of Josh McMahon, who currently lives with his family in District 86 and works as assistant superintendent for educational programs at Morton High School District 201 in Berwyn and Cicero.
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Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Kino Lorber is planning an awards season theatrical release this Fall followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 May 2026
The information provided is for educational purposes and should not be construed as financial, investment or trading advice.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Some educational environments are already shifting.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
And Smith isn’t done with his educational goals.
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 10 May 2026
For something more philosophical, Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, has been operating since 1962 as a holistic retreat and nonprofit educational institute inspired by the human potential movement.
—Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Some of these bacula now reside in the Icelandic Phallological Museum in an educational display.
—Sam Zeveloff, STAT, 9 May 2026
Eligible customers can use an email address, photo ID, or another valid document from an educational institute to verify their academic status through the Unidays app or website.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 8 May 2026
Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Kino Lorber is planning an awards season theatrical release this Fall followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 May 2026
The information provided is for educational purposes and should not be construed as financial, investment or trading advice.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Some educational environments are already shifting.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
And Smith isn’t done with his educational goals.
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 10 May 2026
For something more philosophical, Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, has been operating since 1962 as a holistic retreat and nonprofit educational institute inspired by the human potential movement.
—Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Some of these bacula now reside in the Icelandic Phallological Museum in an educational display.
—Sam Zeveloff, STAT, 9 May 2026
Eligible customers can use an email address, photo ID, or another valid document from an educational institute to verify their academic status through the Unidays app or website.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for educational
Adjective
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Demina Gaskin works in instructional support at Briarwood Elementary School in east Charlotte.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
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Though the session mostly involved instructional work in individual drills, the offense and defense did come together for two unpadded 11-on-11 sessions.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Task force member and history professor Bob Weinberg pushed back, saying reassessing historical figures is part of the academic process.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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And in March of this year, the White House revealed that the President’s Council on Science and Technology, long staffed with academic experts, is now led by tech industry figures such as Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle’s Larry Ellison—just one academic is on the council.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Perhaps most consequential in this move will be the expansion of the states’ authority and responsibility for educative quality within their jurisdictions.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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While apples-to-apples comparisons aren’t possible, a look at the streaming businesses is educative for identifying longer-term trends.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2025
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The individual who once grappled with learning disabilities emerged into a scholarly critical thinker.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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For most of his life, Mojtaba was not regarded as a religious scholar of significant theological authority or scholarly distinction.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
9 May 2026
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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will host the third in a series of informational meetings about nuclear power for the public on May 13.—
Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The information provided in this article is for general informational and educational purposes only.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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The team also captured the women’s scholastic championship.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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When not identified early, this can potentially derail a student’s scholastic trajectory from the very first days of school.—
Sherri Helvie,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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But ChatGPT was designed to be sycophantic, not informative.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
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His answer was yes, but that current accounts are most informative when read alongside gross capital flows, currency exposures, leverage, and the composition of external assets and liabilities.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Global trends may be instructive in predicting the revenue the New York tax may end up generating.—
Trevor Laurence Jockims,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Here, the phenomenon of a mule was an instructive guide in predicting what would happen when a watermelon with tetraploid chromosomes was crossed with an ordinary diploid variety.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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“Educational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/educational. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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