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also academical
1
as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
"If you spent more time in academic pursuits and less time in social ones, you could easily make good grades," the dean told Valerie
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as in intellectual
very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters
academic thinkers who have no understanding of realpolitik
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as in theoretic
existing only as an assumption or speculation
your arguments are merely academic—such a worst-case scenario is unlikely to ever occur
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Recent Examples of academic
Olivia Cyrus
july 21, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
The schools are known for their strong academics, teacher engagement, and deep ties to the community.
—Bates Homes, Idaho Statesman, 20 July 2025
Giana Levy, Variety, 22 July 2025
Recipients were chosen by their school counselors based on dedication to pursuing a career in the medical field and outstanding academic achievements.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
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Adjective
Younger participants partake in daily 20-minute mentorship sessions at school to discuss behavior, attendance and academics and, later, two-hour group-training and enrichment sessions to build on the one-on-one meeting curriculum.
—Olivia Cyrus
july 21, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
The schools are known for their strong academics, teacher engagement, and deep ties to the community.
—Bates Homes, Idaho Statesman, 20 July 2025
Noun
Proceeds from each ticket sold will be donated to Cleveland State University to support its efforts in providing opportunities for thousands of students to achieve academic and athletic excellence.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 22 July 2025
Recipients were chosen by their school counselors based on dedication to pursuing a career in the medical field and outstanding academic achievements.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academic
Adjective
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Jesse Watters and Kellyanne Conway, who are to intellectual discourse what Kryptonite is to Superman's powers, weighed in on Fox News, of course.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
11 July 2025
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Curiosity is what sharpens our intellectual powers, and keeps us mentally active well into our golden years.—
Anthony Fredericks,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Chinese research took a long while to recover from Mao’s purge of academe.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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His ideas have particularly struck a chord with readers who deal in aesthetics—artists, curators, designers, and architects—even though Han has not quite been embraced by philosophy academe.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2024
Noun
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But true seasonal scholars know autumn actually begins when Bath & Body Works drops their fall candle collection—and something inside us shifts.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
25 July 2025
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International conferences dedicated to the genre attract dancers, musicians and scholars from around the world.—
Wilfredo José Burgos Matos,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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This family journey deeply shaped Fisher’s lifelong scholarly drive to chronicle the struggles and the triumphs of Black communities in the American West.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Yet this has not discouraged a number of notable attempts to coerce emoji into the shape of a language, scholarly consensus be damned.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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From my perspective, these shifts aren’t theoretical.—
Jack Thorogood,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Carter, who had a doctorate in theoretical physics, dispatched a team of officers to the Bay Area to set up an outpost—officially called the Defense Innovation Unit, but known at the Pentagon as Unit X.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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There’s little scaffolding or bridging, virtually no space given to centralized agencies, which most development academicians would agree still have their place.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Other founding principals include fellow academicians Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Subsequent chapters explore great bookmen of the Renaissance, from the Florentine tradesman Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Flemish illuminator Simon Bening to the English antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton — manuscript obsessives all.—
Bruce Holsinger,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2023
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In the 1970s and ’80s, a flamboyant Texas bookman and one-time president of the ABAA named John Jenkins made money selling stolen and forged items to libraries and collectors.—
Travis McDade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Aug. 2020
Adjective
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Distinguished Cadet Honors were awarded to cadets with scholastic standing and all-around aptitude in NJROTC activities.—
Cadet Nadeen Willat,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Today, youth sports are dominated by expensive club or travel teams that compete outside of local scholastic programs.—
Russell Dinkins,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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“Academic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academic. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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