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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
That's state education, that's state healthcare problems, that's even roads.
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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Kamoutsas was picked by DeSantis for the education commissioner job, and hired by the state Board of Education last year, after serving as the governor’s deputy chief of staff.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
While blue-collar work has become an attractive, stable career for some, a swath of young professionals is flocking to education amid uncertainty.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
Ken Witt and Lis Richard, the executive director and board president, respectively, of Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services, the public education cooperative that authorized Riverstone to open, did not respond to requests for comment either.
—Ann Schimke, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Kamoutsas was picked by DeSantis for the education commissioner job, and hired by the state Board of Education last year, after serving as the governor’s deputy chief of staff.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
While blue-collar work has become an attractive, stable career for some, a swath of young professionals is flocking to education amid uncertainty.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
Ken Witt and Lis Richard, the executive director and board president, respectively, of Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services, the public education cooperative that authorized Riverstone to open, did not respond to requests for comment either.
—Ann Schimke, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for education
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The main reason is that Redzepi is bringing 130 people to Los Angeles from Copenhagen and paying for their housing, transportation and, in many cases, the schooling for staff members’ children.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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That’s because Greenlanders currently have Danish citizenship and access to the Danish welfare system, including free health care and schooling.—
Emma Burrows,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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The importance of information literacy has only grown with the rise of content generated by AI and large language models (LLMs), sparking new debates about reliability, accountability and correction.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
15 Jan. 2026
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Misinformation is far from a new concept, and the general public has evolved in its critical literacy, Keegan said.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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Some camcorders can connect to your PC via a USB cable and then operate as a webcam for livestreaming, online teaching or YouTube recording.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The American Association of Medical Colleges reported 21 hospitals in Colorado participate in teaching.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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The moral fulcrum of Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, in which a scholar gains knowledge and power through a demonic pact, is a relatively straightforward statement on the human condition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The company says this reflects the transfer of broad human knowledge captured in video into robotic behavior.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Choose the oven’s steam setting if there is one and follow the manufacturer’s instructions.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Jan. 2026
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The telenovella follows a woman who is about to get married, while also being in love with another man, and includes several plot twists, cleverly woven intermingled with scenes of the country’s landmark destinations and informative safety instructions for flight passengers.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Without norms that support learning, accountability, and adaptation, insight is treated as advisory rather than actionable.—
Katerin Le Folcalvez,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The district will not move to e-learning, which is only allowed for severe weather, but will continue to collaborate with the city and other partners on emergency preparedness and response, the news release says.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Korrey has been involved with the stock show for 25 years, auctioning junior livestock to raise funds for scholarships.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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The departure of two-year starter Hayden Hansen leaves UF with only two experienced scholarship tight ends, senior Tony Livingston and redshirt sophomore Amir Jackson, who decided not to enter the portal.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/education. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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