as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
a college that gives a higher priority to scholastic endeavors than to athletic pursuits
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Recent Examples of scholastic
Just as he’s done with hip-hop prior, Bradley treats the empire of sneakers with a literary and scholastic sense that few have prior.
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Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
His family wasn’t shy about shouting out his scholastic achievements on social media.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
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, 20 Aug. 2025
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Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
His family wasn’t shy about shouting out his scholastic achievements on social media.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
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, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholastic
Adjective
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Pathways to Citizenship is committed to cultivating the next generation of advocates through meaningful volunteer opportunities while providing skilled legal representation and educational support for immigrant families throughout San Diego.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Angela Noel, daughter of the late educator and civil rights activist, said her mother's push for educational equity was not without resistance.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Campaigns are not academic exercises.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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What started as an academic experiment eventually developed into an advanced robotic system capable of achieving a world record.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Leslie Hairston, a former City Council colleague of Preckwinkle’s whose South Side ward abutted hers, said Preckwinkle’s scholarly disposition shouldn’t be mistaken for indifference.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Specifically, the study found the PATM patients emitted more petrochemicals, organosulfur compounds, and some aldehydes (including 39 times the normal amount of toluene, a chemical found in crude oil), among other distinctions—findings published in the scholarly journal Scientific Reports in 2023.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Scholastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholastic. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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