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
Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
O’Hara studied theater at Toronto’s Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026
Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The crew members studied more recent impact craters on the moon’s surface, as well.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
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The Cuban example The Cuban exile community offers, perhaps, the most studied example of diaspora political mobilization.
—Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
O’Hara studied theater at Toronto’s Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
The language is different, but the idea shows up in every Blue Zone community Buettner studied.
—Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The crew members studied more recent impact craters on the moon’s surface, as well.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for studied
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Nussmeier considered entering last year’s draft but returned to LSU and had a nightmare season that ended with a November abdominal injury.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Credit scores, which impact people's ability and costs to borrow, typically range from 300 to 850, with around 670 and higher considered good.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Elorian’s other co-founders are Yinfei Yang, who worked on AI research efforts at both Google and Apple, and Seth Neel, a former Harvard professor who researched data and artificial intelligence.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Michael assumed her trustee duties, as Jannine researched hiring Rappa.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Investigators learned Horner had delivered a package to the child’s home about the same time, and thought the FedEx driver might have seen something.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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Caroline first learned about the Hole in her twenties by reading mommy blogs, a form of procrastination less about satisfying any conscious curiosity about motherhood and more about finding comfort in the easy intimacy with which these women wrote about their own lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon pondered in a press statement.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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Someone who has pondered such niceties is Richard Posner, a former circuit judge and a prolific legal scholar.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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That ability to secure possession under pressure is his greatest strength and, at times, a calculated risk.—
Matt Pyzdrowski,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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And both reckon with the extent to which historical ignorance and the calculated distortion of the past threaten the foundation on which our country was built.—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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A lot of that is DNA evidence, but more than 30,000 tips have come in about the case, which have to be analyzed.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Apr. 2026
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The measure advances Howard County Executive Calvin Ball's Interfaith Action Plan, which analyzed 12 areas in an effort to ensure that all religious communities receive compassion, justice and care.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Zeb-un-Nissa was declared a ḥāfiẓ (one who has memorized the Qurʾān) at the age of seven and was trained in Arabic, astronomy, and mathematics.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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A student can graduate with honors, having memorized the Phillips curve and explained the mechanics of quantitative easing, and still have no idea how compound interest works against a borrower.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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By contrast, the SAVE America Act, as contemplated by the president, would ban most forms of mail voting and require photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Studied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/studied. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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