1
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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2
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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3
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
Big Baller Boy, by Jeremy Hsing, follows fifteen-year-old Tiger Huang, who tries out for his school’s team hoping to impress his former-star athlete father—and learns that life holds more than basketball.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
But instead of the usual office gig, Julia learns that her new job is to watch over a middle-aged man in a vegetative state, who’s been implanted with proprietary AI — and to chaperone him on a cross-country trip.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
When designed well, AI extends the reach of clinicians, reduces avoidable friction and learns from every encounter so that the next decision is faster and more accurate.
—Scott R. Schell, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Initially, attention falls on Sutton’s ex-boyfriend Billy, especially after Joel learns that Billy kissed Jenna, his sister, on the night of Sutton’s death to provoke jealousy.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Some of the images contain cancerous tumors, and, over time, the AI learns to distinguish the often subtle differences between malignant and benign tissue.
—Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
There will inevitably be learning curves as Vitello learns the ropes of managing in the majors.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Standards and expectations should be continually raised over time as the organization learns.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
This process mimics how the human brain learns through reward and motivation, suggesting a possible biological pathway for training living processors more efficiently.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
But instead of the usual office gig, Julia learns that her new job is to watch over a middle-aged man in a vegetative state, who’s been implanted with proprietary AI — and to chaperone him on a cross-country trip.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
When designed well, AI extends the reach of clinicians, reduces avoidable friction and learns from every encounter so that the next decision is faster and more accurate.
—Scott R. Schell, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Initially, attention falls on Sutton’s ex-boyfriend Billy, especially after Joel learns that Billy kissed Jenna, his sister, on the night of Sutton’s death to provoke jealousy.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Some of the images contain cancerous tumors, and, over time, the AI learns to distinguish the often subtle differences between malignant and benign tissue.
—Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
There will inevitably be learning curves as Vitello learns the ropes of managing in the majors.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Standards and expectations should be continually raised over time as the organization learns.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
This process mimics how the human brain learns through reward and motivation, suggesting a possible biological pathway for training living processors more efficiently.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for learns
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This storied sandwich is served each year at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia; and many have long tried to replicate the recipe, which seemingly masters the perfect ratio of ingredients for classic egg salad.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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Focus is difficult and hardly anyone masters the skill.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Cameron realizes that the boot camp is just beginning, and they will now be involved in the war.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Once on dry land, Ella realizes that somehow, she's traveled from 1905 to 2025.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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That’s regardless of the circumstances the club finds itself in.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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For more nostalgic decor finds from Pottery Barn, Target, and more, keep scrolling.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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After Lazio at the weekend, the algorithm gets kinder.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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As the two start to fall for each other, things get complicated when Huntley discovers Victoria is a princess.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Which, Polsky discovers, hasn’t been properly flushed by whoever used it previously.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Safdie perceptively locates the protagonist’s troubling inner contradictions—the atavistic fury that drives him to compete and the intense self-control that competition demands—but dramatizes such outer crises as opioid addiction and conflict with his girlfriend (Emily Blunt) only schematically.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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When Jem locates his brother, Ray has been living off the grid for 20 years, having fled the family nest.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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Amanda Paluch, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst who studies step counts as a measure of physical exercise, says the popular benchmark seems to have been inspired by a Japanese pedometer device made decades ago.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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The foundation, a progressive-leaning group which studies employment trends, compiled the data as the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has stopped providing its weekly reports on unemployment because of the shutdown.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The teen, portrayed by actress Drew Barrymore, picks up the phone and hears a deep, ominous voice on the other end.—
Kelli Skye Fadroski,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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God hears the cries of the oppressed and calls His church to do the same.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Learns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learns. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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