nonacademic

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Recent Examples of nonacademic Dubin’s evaluation focussed on the impressive reach of Navarro’s nonacademic writing. Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 Other teachers say reinforcing nonacademic skills is equally important in making sure teens don’t act out on violent emotions. Hannah Goeke, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2025 In July 2024, the board eliminated an automatic right of students found responsible for nonacademic misconduct to appeal their verdict. John Wisely, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Many nonacademic institutions also lost research grants, including the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in San Diego. Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonacademic
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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
  • Avelar is a part of an extracurricular program run by America SCORES Bay Area, a nonprofit that allows students to learn and play the sport of soccer, as well as honing some of their academic skills through poetry.
    Sara Donchey, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Admissions officers conduct a holistic review, expecting a student's major choice to be a cohesive continuation of their academic and extracurricular story, supported by their transcript and essays.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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“Nonacademic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonacademic. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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