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Recent Examples of scholarly Long respected for its scholarly rigor and commitment to a challenging undergraduate curriculum, the institution has become one of America’s finest research universities. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Embrace Sewanee’s scholarly atmosphere by picking up the latest edition of The Sewanee Review, educating yourself on local Black history, or attending a performance by the University Choir. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025 That echoes other scholarly studies, which indicate PE investments and stock market benchmarks have featured roughly the same returns. Mark Dent, HubSpot, 14 Aug. 2025 Instead, the concept has been perverted to mean higher-ed grandees' exclusive right to determine who participates in scholarly life. Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scholarly
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Adjective
  • The tale Hero mostly tells is one of three beautiful sisters, the daughters of a merchant, who form a secret society of literate women who collect and record stories.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Add a deal literate accountant who can tie financials to the story.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Schools’ failure to follow IEPs has resulted in disastrous cases of educational neglect for students like Makenley and Maddox O’Connor.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The charge could also include community service, probation or educational programs.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Study Has Some Limitations People in the study tended to be healthier and more educated, Guo says, which could potentially skew the findings.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Preseason polls are, at best, educated guesses, and there are perennial calls to abolish them altogether.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But the needs of civilized society have a way of intruding.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Act civilized, act kind, act tolerant, because this is the problem with what is happening in the region.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether or not that bullishness pays off against Argentina is more or less academic.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • China’s effort to prompt a strong reaction to climate change and a transition to greater reliance on alternative forms of energy isn’t confined to academic research.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For birthdays, scholastic achievements and other random celebrations, my parents would bring out that red plate for me or my siblings.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As Kolade attests, significant challenges exist in both scholastic funding and the supply chain.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholarly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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