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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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In his resignation letter, Carvalho focused on academic gains and his desire to reach closure for the benefit of continued progress “because I believe our schools must remain focused on students and learning without distraction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

How did he come to invent such a strange spiritual system, and develop the nerve to sell it both to mainstream publishers and the academic establishment?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Construction is planned for two state-funded research buildings where academic and corporate engineers will pursue the algorithms and software needed to make quantum computers function.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

His work sits among dozens of academic economics papers that have analysed vast amounts of data to try to assess what effect Brexit had on the UK's economy.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Like many parents, especially those in the Muslim community, my parents demanded academic excellence from their children.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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