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as in educated
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the learned professor can speak knowledgeably on a wide array of subjects
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as in literary
suggestive of the vocabulary used in books
a teaching assistant who tries to impress us with all of his learned words
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as in mastered
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps
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as in realized
to come to an awareness of
the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely
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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school
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as in studied
to commit to memory
he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke
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Recent Examples of learned
Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Holding an infant while reviewing drawings is one such learned skill!
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Investigators learned the suspect had indeed obtained firearm permits after the 47th president was inaugurated in January.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Passive aggression often stems from a combination of hostility and a learned avoidance of direct conflict.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Holding an infant while reviewing drawings is one such learned skill!
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
Police later subpoenaed the tracker company and learned it was tied to him.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Investigators learned the suspect had indeed obtained firearm permits after the 47th president was inaugurated in January.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for learned
Adjective
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Of course, educated minds will disagree on certain issues, but isn’t that the point?—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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These researchers organized forecasting tournaments and recruited dozens of non-category experts to make educated guesses about where specific events would lead.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Slammed series Hoover’s debut novel, Slammed, wasn’t exactly positioned to make a huge literary splash.—
Maggie Fremont,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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And that’s kind of literary fiction’s job, to wreck you in various ways.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
10 May 2025
Verb
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Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But as Sophie Turner began appearing in movies and TV shows outside of the Song of Ice and Fire universe, the world quickly realized that the lady has real range.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
31 Dec. 2024
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The sooner that is realized, the easier all paths become.—
Paige Francis,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Merlin founded the Perpetual Path Foundation, whose goal is to create quality financial education content for students.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The program was founded by Mary Jane Hender, a reading specialist with a doctorate in education, and the Rev. Gordon Butcher, a Presbyterian minister and reading activist.—
Gregory Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Continue reading to see which states are the most financially literate.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Gospel authors, far from being community leaders preserving oral sayings for largely illiterate followers, were highly literate members of a small, erudite upper crust, distant in experience, attitude, and geography from any Galilean peasant preachers.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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In 2024, more than 100,000 pounds of turkey kielbasa products were recalled after the product was discovered to have fragments of bone inside.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Foreign objects being discovered in food is a relatively rare recall reason, with more common reasons including bacterial or viral contamination or the presence of undeclared allergens.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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There have been TikTok videos, Reddit threads and scholarly essays, all dedicated to how that one scene traumatized us all.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Graham Coop, the director of the university’s Center for Population Biology, was among nearly 250 new members announced last month by the academy, one of the nation’s oldest scholarly societies.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2025
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“Learned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learned. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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