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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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
Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
But the latest allegations have renewed concerns that department may have forgotten the lessons of past controversies involving officers conducting improper stops and searches.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Some viewers and beginner-painters valued his bare-bones instructions on how to create unchallenging landscape portraits, while still some others undoubtedly enjoyed Ross and his painting lessons for their snark value.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In his new Audible Original, the 46-year-old actor and comedian combines humor and wisdom to share the most valuable lessons he's learned from parenthood.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
But one of the hardest yet most common lessons investors learn is that strength often begets more strength.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Babbel’s bite-sized daily lessons are designed to fit into real life—on a plane, at the beach, or during a commute.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good?
—Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Biology lessons were a shock to Matthew.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
The agency also recently started reviewing videos of driver assaults to learn lessons, aiming to mitigate future conflict.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
But the latest allegations have renewed concerns that department may have forgotten the lessons of past controversies involving officers conducting improper stops and searches.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Some viewers and beginner-painters valued his bare-bones instructions on how to create unchallenging landscape portraits, while still some others undoubtedly enjoyed Ross and his painting lessons for their snark value.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In his new Audible Original, the 46-year-old actor and comedian combines humor and wisdom to share the most valuable lessons he's learned from parenthood.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
But one of the hardest yet most common lessons investors learn is that strength often begets more strength.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Babbel’s bite-sized daily lessons are designed to fit into real life—on a plane, at the beach, or during a commute.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good?
—Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Biology lessons were a shock to Matthew.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Verb
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
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools assignments can shift, and a house on one street may feed into a different school than the one next door.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Over time, those uncomfortable assignments became the very experiences that carried me into executive leadership.—
Christine Lentz,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Lyman, along with Eric Tobin of Hopeless Records and Mike Kaminsky of KMGMT, who also teaches at USC, got together to create the Summer School tour, a traveling group of emerging pop-punk and indie acts, to try to fill the void left after Warped Tour temporarily hung up its cape in 2019.—
Charlie Vargas,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
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Paula Chesley teaches yoga at a clinic for people with eating disorders, including both service members and veterans.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Von Mierers eventually turned Eternal Values into a sprawling business empire incorporated as Ultimate Fitness Opportunities (UFO), which included courses, supplements, exercise equipment, gem prescriptions and pricey astrology readings.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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For full daily and monthly horoscopes as well as expert readings, see our full Horoscopes experience.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Part of the Who HQ series, this book educates readers about LGBTQ+ activist Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected in California.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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