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as in masters
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps
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as in realizes
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 finds
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 memorizes
to commit to memory
he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke
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Recent Examples of learns
The coachable executor listens carefully, implements recommendations, seeks feedback, learns quickly and doesn’t let ego override strategy.
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Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Ming-Yu Liu, a vice president at Nvidia’s Cosmos Lab, shared a more cinematic analogy, pointing to The Matrix, in which the main character learns kung fu inside a simulated world.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Juliet learns Spanish from a household servant, Pedro (a minor character, Peter, in the original), and the language becomes the lovers’ secret code.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 20 May 2026
In the clip, the TV personality tastes some very hot food, learns about horticulture and even tries his hand graffiti.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
The resort’s elite crowd soon learns about the jeans, making his boutique a huge success.
—Maria Cristina Pavarini, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
By training under this mismatch, the policy learns to tolerate uncertainty and partial observability.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
In a similar way, that's how our AI learns.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 17 May 2026
As the meter rises, each ride becomes a space for connection and storytelling, where Kareem learns about the lives of the people behind the wheel and ultimately discovers a little more about himself.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 May 2026
Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Ming-Yu Liu, a vice president at Nvidia’s Cosmos Lab, shared a more cinematic analogy, pointing to The Matrix, in which the main character learns kung fu inside a simulated world.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Juliet learns Spanish from a household servant, Pedro (a minor character, Peter, in the original), and the language becomes the lovers’ secret code.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 20 May 2026
In the clip, the TV personality tastes some very hot food, learns about horticulture and even tries his hand graffiti.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
The resort’s elite crowd soon learns about the jeans, making his boutique a huge success.
—Maria Cristina Pavarini, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
By training under this mismatch, the policy learns to tolerate uncertainty and partial observability.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
In a similar way, that's how our AI learns.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 17 May 2026
As the meter rises, each ride becomes a space for connection and storytelling, where Kareem learns about the lives of the people behind the wheel and ultimately discovers a little more about himself.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for learns
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Finally, Kim masters the steps and takes to the stage with confidence, as her family cheers her on!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Levy masters one hilarious perplexed comedic reaction after another as Nicky, a closeted pastor with a zany, highly dysfunctional family.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The supporting cast, too, add an air of authenticity that helps with the suspension of disbelief when Margot realizes what’s actually going on.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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As with Valerie watching her colleagues enthusiastically reclaim the sitcom script, Deborah realizes the effort is just as important as the end result.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Analysts then ranked the best products to buy in each category—from home goods to kitchen finds.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 May 2026
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Amid the Black Death, a pregnant healer accused of witchcraft finds refuge in a Carthusian monastery.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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Inside his suite, Jed memorizes the code to Roper’s safe, which holds the arms trade certificate, then quietly shares the number with Pine (allowing Burr to access it from the hotel) when the whole group visits a local casino.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The neighborhood/area Brickell gets a bad rep among visitors as Miami Beach’s boring, business-minded sibling, but a quick walk from the hotel will reveal the up-and-coming neighborhood to be an energizing community lined with vibrant (and clean) shops, restaurants, and bars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Favreau, working from a script co-authored with Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni and Book of Boba Fett writer Noah Kloor, gets the action going in the first few minutes, as if to reassure fans that the leap to the big screen means something.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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The returning performer’s new heroine, Elsa, is now a grownup, who reunites with her family after pursuing her studies in Europe and discovers her young sister, Amalia (newcomer Mariangel Montero), living in their family home alone and unsupervised.—
Lé Baltar,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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Talking racing with Will Buxton is like talking to that kid who discovers racing for the first time.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Brett Schneider, a marketing veteran who teaches courses on fandom at UCLA, locates the Prada sequel’s appeal in something deeper than nostalgia.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Just as gas stations cluster near interstate exits, Linde locates its plants close to NASA and SpaceX’s operations to cut down on delivery times and ensure a reliable supply.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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In the film Silent Friend, the protagonist, a neurologist who studies brain activity in infants, attempts to quantify the internal signaling of a ginkgo tree on a university campus.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Anne Burrows, an anatomist at Duquesne University who studies the comparative anatomy of facial expression in dogs, has studied enough dog and wolf faces to know that the muscles underneath work very differently.—
Niranjana Rajalakshmi,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
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