as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
would tirelessly lesson the children in proper manners
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Recent Examples of lesson
Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
The curriculum also includes features parents can use at home to facilitate conversations and further strengthen and support the lessons the kids are learning in school.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 18 Aug. 2025
Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2016
Many of those questions are focused on how CrowdStrike has adapted to prevent a similar outage, why only Windows systems were affected, and what lessons other IT vendors can learn from this, Daniel noted.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Every time Tobias takes the mound in the Milwaukee Brewers’ system, baseball has a new lesson for him.
—Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
The curriculum also includes features parents can use at home to facilitate conversations and further strengthen and support the lessons the kids are learning in school.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
Lula had learned that lesson the hard way.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2016
Many of those questions are focused on how CrowdStrike has adapted to prevent a similar outage, why only Windows systems were affected, and what lessons other IT vendors can learn from this, Daniel noted.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lesson
Noun
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The Chicago Tribune maintains editorial control over assignments and content.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Members of the Padres rotation make a point of watching that day’s starter warm up and a bulk assignment for Vásquez wasn’t going to change that.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The stakes of the Smithsonian review are high, involving how history is preserved and taught and by whom.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The museum’s young entrepreneur programs, a youth workforce development training teaching vital workforce skills, and art and STEM community engagement projects are also facing closure, according to McDaniels.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Long was considered an unusual (and controversial—keep reading) choice for the position.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In the bad-weather, alpine-driving scenario, Hyundai’s AI assistant detects, via readings from vehicle sensors, that road conditions are changing due to oncoming snow.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Altogether, 467 Wisconsin schools that educate more than 80% of the state's high school juniors are signed up this year.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That her book and advocacy can educate and, over time, effect change.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The beloved councilwomen, who served in the ‘80s and ‘90s, said city leaders used to be close friends who did their homework and debated in good faith.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Most institutional investors hire proxy advisors to do their homework for them, although some larger investors also have in-house teams.—
Sarah Keohane Williamson,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Lesson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lesson. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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