as in higher education
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From February 13 to April 2028, its shift through your ninth house of higher learning will require soul searching around your belief system and inner drive.
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Maressa Brown, InStyle, 1 Jan. 2026
The horizon of higher learning annihilated, every university reduced to mushroom clouds.
—Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
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Maressa Brown, InStyle, 1 Jan. 2026
The horizon of higher learning annihilated, every university reduced to mushroom clouds.
—Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher learning
Noun
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Those shifts have left higher education with more supply than demand.—
Leah Willingham,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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That foundation must be built across all K-12 classrooms and higher education institutions.—
Jeff Raikes,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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In between teaching and training, Wilkins helped coach South’s throwers.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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