nonacademic

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Recent Examples of nonacademic My mother was the head of the nonacademic part of the university, and my mother dressed up every day. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025 Under exigency, the school may cut both nonacademic and academic staff, including tenured faculty. Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2024 Perhaps nonacademic employers in those places would be smart to lure workers with family deals, just like the deans in higher ed. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024 Unfortunately, this isn't the case because admissions officers consider many academic and nonacademic factors. Kristen Moon, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nonacademic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonacademic
Adjective
  • But the premise is more or less an excuse to make monologue jokes, which Bargatze did about everything from Severance’s confusing story line to the decidedly noneducational programming offered on the Learning Channel.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • White House officials told reporters at the time that the administration also planned to work with sports governing bodies, including the International Olympic Committee, to ensure the guidance is followed in noneducational settings.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Other educators who spoke to the Herald describe parents cutting back on extracurricular activities, avoiding school pick-up and drop-off lines, and even keeping children home to study informally.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Some of this exhaustion can attributed to the transition to the busyness of school days, homework, and extracurricular activities.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Nonacademic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonacademic. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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