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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a scholarly analysis of the historical document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
From the scholarly and enlightened to the tough and intimidating, people of all walks of life and cultural backgrounds love a good, thick face of hair.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
Likewise, scholarly exchanges are picking up.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Editors also look for scholarly analysis of public policy and infrequent pieces in which a regular reader finds a fresh and creative voice and deals authoritatively with an issue worthy of general reader attention.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Path to Open Books on JSTOR The Urgency of Indigenous Values is part of JSTOR’s Path to Open program, which expands access to high-quality scholarly monographs while building a sustainable path to open access.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
Likewise, scholarly exchanges are picking up.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Editors also look for scholarly analysis of public policy and infrequent pieces in which a regular reader finds a fresh and creative voice and deals authoritatively with an issue worthy of general reader attention.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Path to Open Books on JSTOR The Urgency of Indigenous Values is part of JSTOR’s Path to Open program, which expands access to high-quality scholarly monographs while building a sustainable path to open access.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholarly
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The same product class today can be assembled by one technically literate person in a weekend using off-the-shelf models and a Lovable frontend.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Fluency in artificial intelligence is increasingly a prerequisite in today's labor market, with employers across industries seeking AI-literate job candidates.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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District 86 officials recently approved the hiring of Josh McMahon, who currently lives with his family in District 86 and works as assistant superintendent for educational programs at Morton High School District 201 in Berwyn and Cicero.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Kino Lorber is planning an awards season theatrical release this Fall followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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Adults who are older, less educated, uninsured, or rural saw no meaningful increase.—
Jonathan Slater,
STAT,
13 May 2026
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Bird watchers can make educated guesses by looking at the birds' overall size, beak size, ankle thickness and vocal pitch at around 8 to 10 weeks old, the nonprofit said, adding sometimes the chicks sound like puppies.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Task force member and history professor Bob Weinberg pushed back, saying reassessing historical figures is part of the academic process.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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And in March of this year, the White House revealed that the President’s Council on Science and Technology, long staffed with academic experts, is now led by tech industry figures such as Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle’s Larry Ellison—just one academic is on the council.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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But the specific French dispensation—the idea that a man’s erotic life exists outside the moral world of his other obligations, that the wife and the mistress are a civilized arrangement, that desire is sovereign—this mythology did not make the crossing with me, or did not survive it intact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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The 2026 draft footprint stretched across Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium (still Heinz Field in the hearts of civilized people) and by the end of the weekend, the city had hosted one of the biggest football parties in human history.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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The team also captured the women’s scholastic championship.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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When not identified early, this can potentially derail a student’s scholastic trajectory from the very first days of school.—
Sherri Helvie,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholarly. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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