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Recent Examples of scholarly And yet, despite her mainly scholarly interest in Catholicism, the world turned its eyes to Pope Crave, an X account Bin created just five months ago, for up-to-the-second news about this week’s conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Francis. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025 Alongside her adoring Bembo, Ginevra cultivated a circle of scholarly male admirers who found her fascinating and coveted her company. E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025 Accessibility has found a foothold in scholarly communications the world over during the past ten years in no small part because of laws mandating it. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 May 2025 With the study of life in prison growing as a scholarly field, such sales are becoming more common. Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scholarly
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Adjective
  • Their neighbors were literate, cultivated, liberal in their politics.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • Forty years after being married off as a child, Hawa begins to envision an independent life, driven by a desire to become literate and start her own business.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • This city boasts an educated workforce; 50% of San José residents have a college degree or higher 1 in 3 San José residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
    Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • How did becoming more educated and changing your social milieu affect your relationships with people?
    David Marchese, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Adjective
  • Two highly modern, eminently civilized nations were plunged into chaos.
    Kelly McKinney, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
  • International good faith, a sister of democracy, springs from the will of civilized nations of men to respect the rights and liberties of other nations of men.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This philosophical underpinning drives the company beyond mere resurrection spectacles — a critique often levied by academic skeptics following the company’s milestone de-extinction announcement.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025
  • Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.
    Anna Commander Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • The 129th edition of the Penn Relays — featuring some the nation’s best collegiate and scholastic runners, jumpers and throwers — included impressive performances by visiting high school athletes from Jamaica.
    Jared Mccallister, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
  • The proud dad even shared John’s grades, showing screenshots of his 100% test scores in business law while shouting out Hill for their son’s scholastic success.
    Avalon Hester, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025

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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholarly. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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