Thesaurus results for LESSONS

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noun

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plural of lesson

as in assignments

something assigned to be read or studied your lesson for tonight will be the chapter on chemical reactions

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lessons

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lesson

as in teaches

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 lessons

Noun

The change broadens access from children age 4 and younger to those between 1 and 7 years old, allowing more families to qualify for financial assistance for swim lessons. —

Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 The report also shows a gender gap, where women grads were less likely than men to say AI training was integrated into their learning curriculum, and more likely to say those lessons were focused on covering the risks of AI rather than learning practical skill sets. —

Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 Japan has restarted 15 reactors after reviewing the lessons of the earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima plant, and 10 more are in the process of getting approval to restart. —

Vladimir Isachenkov, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 There was a lot of discussion about how the lessons learned here might inform future NASA projects. —

John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026 Activities including baking, astronomy lessons and catch-and-release fishing can be tailormade. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 Non-white Americans, particularly Black and Hispanic adults, are much more likely to not know how to swim and less likely to have taken lessons, too. —

Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Apr. 2026 Panelists will share specific examples from their work on Amazon MGM Studios Originals, discussing triumphs, lessons learned, and what’s to come for Prime Video customers. —

Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026 At the Be Brooklyn equine stable in Prospect Park, children can take English-riding lessons and walk horses on bridle trails. —

The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026

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Questions — and hopefully lessons Backcountry around the world are waiting for officials to release more information about what decisions Blackbird’s guides made leading into the tragedy. —

Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lessons

Noun

Sam has encouraged the boy to be more conscientious with his studies and has been learning alongside him for years, picking up his schoolbooks and offering ideas on how to make the assignments more meaningful.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The nurse said management is still tripling assignments in the ICU and that the hospital is pulling nurses from other units to cover the shortfall who are not trained to work in the ICU.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026