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as in to master
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps
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as in to realize
to come to an awareness of
the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely
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as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school
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as in to memorize
to commit to memory
he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke
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According to the course description, the class teaches college success strategies, goal-setting, learning style assessments as well as general and discipline-specific study skills in the context of various theoretical, practical, and experiential perspectives.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Writing at length is to me always an act of learning and changing, in which authors can strive towards something more dimensional than a platitude on a placard.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Hannah Einbinder, Natasha Lyonne and Jessica Williams embrace nudity, mutual adoration and finally learning to stop chasing each other's careers.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a $10 mini-game collection that tasks players with studiously learning and implementing every new feature in the system.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Writing at length is to me always an act of learning and changing, in which authors can strive towards something more dimensional than a platitude on a placard.
—Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Hannah Einbinder, Natasha Lyonne and Jessica Williams embrace nudity, mutual adoration and finally learning to stop chasing each other's careers.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a $10 mini-game collection that tasks players with studiously learning and implementing every new feature in the system.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
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Maron will portray Chuck Plotkin, the producer who painstakingly mastered Springsteen’s pivotal 1982 album Nebraska.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2025
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There’s a belief that merely mastering a posture that keeps the battle alive, even if the defender successfully wipes the hand away while simultaneously bringing more power to the punches that do connect, can shift those win-rate averages from league worst to something more manageable.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Keep in mind that bush-type beans and peas generally don't need support, but pole beans require trellises or cages for their vining stems. Lupines: Many growers don't realize that lupines belong to the legume family and can also benefit neighboring plants with their nitrogen fixing roots.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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Most important, audiences now get to realize that Paul Gross is in this!—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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Fears that a serial killer is at large were reignited by the recent discovery of a body in a Texas lake, where 19 corpses have been found over the past three years.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 June 2025
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Today, medical education is no longer centered on memorizing facts.—
Eric Snoey,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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Just like learning a new language, the goal isn’t to memorize every single rule and word, but to develop a natural feel for how to respond in the moment.—
Kathleen Walch,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Clients would get the remains of not only their loved one, but also the remains of other bodies.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
2 June 2025
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Left-hander Pierce Coppola got the start and, after a dominant return against Alabama to the tune of 10 strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings, just couldn’t find the zone.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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It's been a real pleasure to discover the plethora of young talent out there.—
Mekishana Pierre Updated,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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The daughter who found discovered her mother’s body said the dogs had bitten into the corpse, though officials could not confirm this.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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No one supposedly could locate the accused to bring to trial, despite the men belonging to one of England’s highest nobility houses.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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Like its sister schools, graduates of Maine West, which is located in Des Plaines, are headed to local area schools, but also Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, University of Missouri and Boston, among others.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Whether Trump truly studied Mayweather’s moves or simply mirrored them instinctively, the similarities are clear—and Lampley might be one of the only people to call it out this directly.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Moved by the clarity of her philosophy and relationship to nature, Chae went to study with her.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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