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verb

past tense of learn
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Recent Examples of learned
Adjective
And even once the danger was gone—the sprayer was removed—the learned behavior stuck. Vanina Marcote, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 Scientists have long theorized that dogs possess an innate connection to humans that they are born with and predates any training or learned behaviors. Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
But, after five novels and five smaller companion texts, neither the reader, nor Lyra has learned what Dust actually is. Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 Scorsone won’t appear until 2026, Entertainment Weekly has learned, and Deadline reports that the actress will miss eight consecutive episodes in total. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for learned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for learned
Adjective
  • His base appeared to be whiter, richer, and more educated than the city as a whole.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In reality, modern Asian women are both highly educated and financially independent.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
    Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • As the number of book bans and restrictions in schools and public libraries across the nation continues to grow, so does a robust network of citizens fighting against the narrowing of literary access, according to a yearly report by First Amendment literary advocacy group PEN America.
    Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump mastered it decades ago, on The Apprentice.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Quince has mastered the art of layering pieces.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elizabethtown officials said some programs that realized regulations were about to get much stricter quickly left, with some moving to cities with less local oversight.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Oct. 2025
  • By early February, Jessica Henninger realized something had drastically changed at her daughters' school at the Fort Campbell military base in Kentucky.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On the fashion front, Schumacher, which was founded in New York by Parisian Frederic Schumacher in 1889, has been a pioneer in collaborations from its dawn.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The firm, which was founded in 2022, will utilize the funding to begin serial turbine production, refine its AI control algorithms, and develop next-generation models for diverse environments.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For example, soldiers who were studied during parachute training showed dramatic stress responses within minutes of their first jump, but in later training jumps, that stress changed to thrill.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Italian scientist Alessandro Volta studied eel physiology to inspire the first battery, and recent work shows eels use doublets, two rapid spikes, to force rapid prey muscle contractions before the knockout blast.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The long-term implication is a more resilient, mentally literate workforce, but the high underlying prevalence (37 percent with moderate/severe depression) means sustained institutional investment is crucial.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Financially literate people tend to build more wealth, live happier lives and even have better health outcomes.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Dodgers got past the Phillies without their bats ever really coming to life.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Went through the progression as normal and got two negative plays in a row after the screen.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Learned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learned. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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