sciences

plural of science

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Recent Examples of sciences The new policy was approved in May by 70% of Harvard faculty in the school of arts and sciences, in one of the strongest moves against grade inflation in US higher education in decades. Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026 The Plateau of the Muses, meanwhile, takes its name from the nine goddesses associated with the arts and sciences. Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 With more powerful components, spacious storage, and plenty of ports for external drives and other peripherals, a desktop tower is a great addition to a dorm or bedroom, especially for students in the arts and sciences. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 Babson, with about 2,800 undergraduate students, blends business and liberal arts and sciences in a core curriculum. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 The same tectonics that drive earthquakes act as the state's landscape artists, said Julian Lozos, associate professor of geological sciences at Cal State Northridge. Rong-Gong Lin Ii Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026 Keith Humphreys, a Stanford psychiatry and behavioral-sciences professor and a former adviser to President Obama, supports needle exchanges and opposes the widespread jailing of users. Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Demisurgery advanced the mortuary sciences by turning them into an art. John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 Over the course of the three-year program, Eléonore will design her own curriculum by selecting courses from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences in order to earn a Bachelor of Science (BSc) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sciences
Noun
  • Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Regardless of one’s experience with the Tarot, this book offers profound, embodied wisdoms for creative and critical writers, artists, and activists.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.
    Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

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