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as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
a scholarly analysis of the historical document
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as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
a scholarly essay making comparisons between 18th-century French authors and their Germanic counterparts
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Recent Examples of scholarly
There are even scholarly studies on clickbait, how it is utilized and the psychology behind it.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A quick Google search reveals many articles, commentaries, social media posts, and scholarly debates on whether or not America is sliding into an authoritarian state.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Narrative medicine, an increasingly popular scholarly field developed at Columbia University by the internist and literary scholar Rita Charon, aims to improve medical care by helping clinicians more fully understand their patients’ stories and perspectives.
—Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Most of the remaining Kashmiri Hindus, primarily from the scholarly Pandit community, fled after a wave of religious attacks in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A quick Google search reveals many articles, commentaries, social media posts, and scholarly debates on whether or not America is sliding into an authoritarian state.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Narrative medicine, an increasingly popular scholarly field developed at Columbia University by the internist and literary scholar Rita Charon, aims to improve medical care by helping clinicians more fully understand their patients’ stories and perspectives.
—Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Most of the remaining Kashmiri Hindus, primarily from the scholarly Pandit community, fled after a wave of religious attacks in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholarly
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The comptroller added that some undocumented people in immigration court weren’t literate and did not have an advocate with them in court, such as a lawyer or translator.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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Business leaders must shift their focus from simply acquiring AI tools to strategically embedding them within human-centric processes, ensuring that twice literate humans are in the loop, empowered and indispensable.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Often, CISOs must make educated guesses about the frequency and impact of digital threats, which can undermine their credibility in front of the board.—
Steve Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Kennedy has lauded the new ACIP appointees as a team of educated and capable advisers.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
13 June 2025
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In Families Like Ours, the slowly rising North Sea forces Denmark to follow Holland’s example and—in an orderly and civilized manner—evacuate the entire country.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
21 June 2025
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In civilized countries, law enforcement officers wear nametags and numbered badges.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 June 2025
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But they were clearly impressed by his scholarship and writing skills, which are the principal criteria for grading academic papers.—
Bob Shaw,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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The tests are effectively an academic exercise, where the Fed simulates a scenario in the global economy and measures what that scenario would do to bank balance sheets.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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Quinta Brunson’s scholastic sitcom has been renewed for Season 5 at ABC.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Thurmond and Newsom praised Clinton Elementary School and Compton Unified School District officials for their students’ scholastic achievements.—
Dave Mason,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholarly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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