1
as in schooling
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
a teacher who devoted herself to the education of children with special needs
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as in literacy
the understanding and information gained from being educated
a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him
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Recent Examples of education
Daly describes a regulatory environment that has grown far stricter over the building’s decade of life, driven by public education and climate pressure, with particular focus on the carbon load of air conditioning in a tropical city.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
While living with the threat of prosecution over his head, the suit alleged, Leggett’s education also suffered.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
The xenophobic law meant that Yiddish-speaking Jews and Italians seeking to vote could be required to recite and write passages from the state Constitution, regardless of their level of education in their native tongues or whether their conduct as new Americans was exemplary.
—Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
The lawsuit also alleged that officers assigned to the Police Department’s youth gang and drug prevention education programs were paid using COMBAT grant funds — Jackson County tax dollars earmarked for anti-crime programs — despite not performing duties required under the grants.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
While living with the threat of prosecution over his head, the suit alleged, Leggett’s education also suffered.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
The xenophobic law meant that Yiddish-speaking Jews and Italians seeking to vote could be required to recite and write passages from the state Constitution, regardless of their level of education in their native tongues or whether their conduct as new Americans was exemplary.
—Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
The lawsuit also alleged that officers assigned to the Police Department’s youth gang and drug prevention education programs were paid using COMBAT grant funds — Jackson County tax dollars earmarked for anti-crime programs — despite not performing duties required under the grants.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for education
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The pair visited Ethiopia in 2019 and met with Sahle-Work Zewde, the first woman president of Ethiopia to discuss ways to help girls continue their schooling.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Indeed, the 13-year-olds who took the national test experienced the pandemic's disruption during formative elementary years of schooling.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Topics include financial literacy and legal business structures to recipe development and safe food handling.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Before Gutenberg’s printing press in the 1440s, European literacy hovered around 10%.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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Now a graduate teaching fellow, Elom Tettey-Tamaklo advises faculty despite past controversy.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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There is rarely a day that Kaposy doesn't stay late to cover an athletic event or update information on athletic social media or websites while never letting his teaching suffer.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Dec. 2025
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Mead denied such knowledge in his testimony.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
9 Dec. 2025
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Seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China, the White House plans to direct the US Department of Commerce to allow the export of powerful Nvidia GPUs that are roughly 18 months behind its most advanced offerings, according to a person with knowledge of the plan.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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The bot gave her instructions on how to use cocaine.—
Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order and ordered that the planes be turned around, but Justice Department attorneys said his oral instructions directing the flight to be returned were defective, and the deportations proceeded as planned.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
8 Dec. 2025
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The elastico requires perseverance and patience to master, with a key learning point being that the skill, otherwise known as the flip-flap, is performed in one motion.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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DeepMind contributes expertise in artificial intelligence and learning systems, while Nvidia provides the high-performance computing infrastructure needed for large-scale simulation and robot training.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Nonetheless, three days later, he was informed that he had been kicked off the team and that his scholarship would terminate at the conclusion of the fall semester.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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Campus leaders at Sam Houston make a point to celebrate anytime a student gets a scholarship, Carter said.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/education. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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