as in considered
decided on as a result of careful thought
a studied move by the company that was designed to put the competition out of business
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as in researched
to use the mind to acquire knowledge
you'll have to study hard and learn all about the Revolutionary War in order to pass the history test
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as in learned
to commit to memory
having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly
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as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to
scientists who study the origin of the universe
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Recent Examples of studied
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
Jack has made waves for approaching politics with a studied unseriousness and welcoming controversy.
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Emily Kelleher,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
The group studied was tested for Covid around the time of their medical visit.
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Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
23 June 2026
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Wang grew up in California and studied physics at the California Institute of Technology.
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Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
Jack has made waves for approaching politics with a studied unseriousness and welcoming controversy.
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Emily Kelleher,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
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Many Indian startup founders studied engineering or business management, so Shah stands apart with a degree in philosophy.
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Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
The group studied was tested for Covid around the time of their medical visit.
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Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for studied
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All of this was a considered response to European systems within which a tiny plutocracy had built power and control over land and people, especially through familial inheritance.
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Elizabeth honed in on the importance of the transatlantic alliance during a considered address that came in under 15 minutes.
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Mark D'Amico, professor of higher education at UNC Charlotte, who has researched state noncredit data systems and Workforce Pell readiness, points to a detail the Texas data quietly revealed.
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Historians at the association have researched the people in the drawings to learn their stories, McLaurin said, and the exhibit will include a digital component that uses modern technology to bring the characters in the sketches to life.
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The prosecutor’s office, taking a fresh look at the murder, learned the lead investigator shared those doubts.
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For our industry, so much still runs on personality and learned experience.
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During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bilson and Bethel pondered where their characters’ relationship stands today.
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Board member Michael Milani pondered failed efforts to attract corporate headquarters and office spaces to the I-80 corridor, saying the village likely needed to establish a new identity for the area amid the post-COVID-19 surge in people working from home.
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Tønnessen sees the state backing as a calculated effort by the military to project legitimacy.
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That is a calculated move, given how far ahead Ona already sits on enterprise controls.
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Video and images of about 150 strikes against Russian fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles have been geolocated and analyzed by French open-source analyst Clément Molin and the volunteer-run OSINT group Geoconfirmed, as well as CNN’s OSINT team.
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In the study, which analyzed data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health collected between 2021 and 2024, researchers say that despite numerous state-level bans on kratom across the nation, its use is at an all-time high and is increasing.
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Perhaps only Meagher had nearly memorized it.
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The other half is King’s reaction, memorized by fans who grew up in the hopefulness of the Rose years.
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Nearly 50 years later, the IRS and courts are still wrestling with how that exception applies to modern entities, including LLCs, LLPs, and foreign partnership-like structures that were not contemplated when the rule was drafted.
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Cathy, a housewife, had contemplated becoming a teacher, Griffin told me.
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“Studied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/studied. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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