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schooled

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verb

past tense of school

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for schooled
Adjective
  • Its ambitious and abstract first act is the section best left experienced without fully revealing what’s happening.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
  • Acknowledging the importance of having an experienced caddie in situations like this and having recently lost his own, Homa reached out to one of the best available options.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • In part, young women today are more educated than men their age and have greater focus on professional ambition and individual growth.
    Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • Others, Fontana said, may be embarrassed about inadvertently harming themselves; botanical users in his 2024 research were older, wealthier and more educated than nonusers.
    Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • First, rational analysis, traditionally taught in business schools, uses logical reasoning and empirical data to assess situations and outcomes.
    Hulan Hagen, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Dinesh and his little cafe taught me a valuable lesson on slow marketing—that a relaxed approach can sometimes be the most effective way to stand out.
    Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Lurking in one of the aisles, a man quietly slipped an incendiary device, made from a cigarette, matches, and paper, into a section displaying foam rubber, with practiced ease.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 4 June 2025
  • She was born in Massachusetts to Nigerian immigrants and, as a teen, was an exceptional figure skater: one who could land double axels with a practiced ease that betrayed the intense commitment behind them.
    Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • When Van Buren meets Tóth, he is fascinated by the architect’s cultured perspective.
    Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The development is a big step forward in the world of cultured meat—meat grown from animal cells instead of animals.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Whatever one believes, violence for political ends has no place in a civilized society.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
  • Exile away from the rest of the civilized federation.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Hooded eyes, a linear slash for a mouth, a square jaw, a tousle of hair — the startling frugality of lines that bring the dying sitter to full life embodies the knowing depth of the couple’s relationship.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • On the contrary, Grade observes their fictional counterparts with a knowing, sometimes cynical, but always loving eye.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Schooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schooled. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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