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.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 May 2026
The negative correlation between insufficient sleep and life expectancy held in most states across every year studied, even after controlling for smoking, diet and physical inactivity.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
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Adjective
Wang grew up in California and studied physics at the California Institute of Technology.
—Big Think, 30 Apr. 2026
Jack has made waves for approaching politics with a studied unseriousness and welcoming controversy.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
Several of my travel companions studied archeology or classics in college because of Percy Jackson.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 May 2026
The negative correlation between insufficient sleep and life expectancy held in most states across every year studied, even after controlling for smoking, diet and physical inactivity.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for studied
Adjective
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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.—
Tyler Green,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Elizabeth honed in on the importance of the transatlantic alliance during a considered address that came in under 15 minutes.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
27 Apr. 2026
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This story was written and researched before his appointment.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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Corey Sauer read about the situation in the Pioneer Press and researched the organization before offering a $500,000 gift to get Vail through the year.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 May 2026
Verb
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But experts for years have said companies have not learned from past mistakes.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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While the boy was being detained, officers learned a juvenile female passenger in the truck had suffered minor injuries during the collisions, police said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Democrats for years pondered using regulatory pressure to silence purveyors of right-wing talk radio, including the late Rush Limbaugh.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
23 May 2026
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Sources at other clubs, including some who have worked with Emery previously, routinely pondered his future, irrespective of success.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Yii-Jan Lin, a professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School and author of the book Immigration and Apocalypse, views the video as a calculated provocation.—
Jason DeRose,
NPR,
26 May 2026
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Leaders who create positive narratives, inspire confidence and stay calm during challenging times help create an environment where employees feel safe to take calculated risks.—
Kapil Jain,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Her team analyzed hundreds of Reddit posts from 2020 through last August and identified frequent mentions of drug reactions and user errors, such as patients’ not knowing how to correctly dose and inject the medication.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The scientists analyzed their data further, determining that the red dwarf stars may have consumed the equivalent of three to ten Earths in planetary matter in total.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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For decades, getting the most out of the terminal required that traders memorized an arcane and bewildering set of three- and four-letter keyboard commands and shortcuts, each of which called up a different feature, function, or dataset.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shailene Woodley’s Paradise character Annie may have memorized every nook and cranny of Elvis Presley’s Memphis estate Graceland, but the actress herself hasn’t made the pilgrimage there in the wake of her affecting performance in the show’s second season.—
Scott Huver,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
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In 1947, the United Nations adopted a partition plan that contemplated two states, one Jewish and one Arab.—
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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Nearly every day this offseason, Turner contemplated his baseball mortality.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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“Studied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/studied. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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