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
The showcase has generated more than 5,100 scholarships and $164 million in scholastic aid since its inception.
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Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2026
What my daughter does have is an understanding of the purpose of scholastic sports.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2026
In a white paper released in October, the committee recommends moving the men’s game, and perhaps the women’s, from the current fall-only schedule to one that covers the entire scholastic year and culminates in an April playoff festival.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Morris played both baseball and football in high school, and was a scholastic All-State quarterback who reportedly turned down 20 collegiate offers to sign with the Phillies for $25,000 in 1960.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scholastic
Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2026
What my daughter does have is an understanding of the purpose of scholastic sports.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2026
In a white paper released in October, the committee recommends moving the men’s game, and perhaps the women’s, from the current fall-only schedule to one that covers the entire scholastic year and culminates in an April playoff festival.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Morris played both baseball and football in high school, and was a scholastic All-State quarterback who reportedly turned down 20 collegiate offers to sign with the Phillies for $25,000 in 1960.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholastic
Adjective
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Check It Out, 2022, consists of an educational program on anger management that plays on a spherical red television set recalling a space helmet.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Programming includes artmaking, cultural dance, educational sessions and more.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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To friends and strangers alike, our unusual authorly posture—two spouses, both with academic backgrounds but neither presently working in academia, teaming up to write a trade book on a literary subject—is a source of bemusement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Rubio had graduated from college during the financial crisis and left Spain to continue his education abroad, returning in 2017 to take a prestigious academic position.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Born to a humble family in the twilight years of the shogunate, Higuchi Natsuko (as she was born) was the fourth child and second daughter of a man with scholarly inclinations, who as a farmer had come to the capital to seek both fortune and rank.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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There is a long history of political polemics about the relation between journalism and government, and a substantial body of scholarly research and theory on that relationship.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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“Scholastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholastic. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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