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a body of facts learned by study or experience
the science of medicine grew tremendously in the course of the 19th century
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Recent Examples of sciences
Enjoys writing about archaeology, history, and environmental sciences.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
An associate professor of environmental sciences at Tulane University in New Orleans, Nicole Gasparini, also slammed Landry's proposal on the left-wing social media app.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall, according to Deanna Hence, a professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
Founded in 1907 as a brewery business, Kirin expanded into the pharmaceutical and health sciences industries in the early 1980s.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Following her graduation from Magnolia High School in Anaheim, Al Najjar chose Cal State Fullerton as the ideal place to continue her education, earning a bachelor’s degree in health sciences in 2017.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize for physics recognizes original investigations in the intersection of basic and applied sciences.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Four other Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature were awarded earlier this week, while the prize for economic sciences will be announced on Monday.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
An associate professor of environmental sciences at Tulane University in New Orleans, Nicole Gasparini, also slammed Landry's proposal on the left-wing social media app.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall, according to Deanna Hence, a professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
Founded in 1907 as a brewery business, Kirin expanded into the pharmaceutical and health sciences industries in the early 1980s.
—Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Following her graduation from Magnolia High School in Anaheim, Al Najjar chose Cal State Fullerton as the ideal place to continue her education, earning a bachelor’s degree in health sciences in 2017.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize for physics recognizes original investigations in the intersection of basic and applied sciences.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Four other Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature were awarded earlier this week, while the prize for economic sciences will be announced on Monday.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sciences
wisdoms
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Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.—
Catherine Habgood
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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“Sciences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sciences. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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