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academy

Definition for academy

noun as in school, especially for higher education

noun as in society or institution interested in learning

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Example Sentences

Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, Academy?

He spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.

Ramos just missed being called for one police academy class.

Det. Rafael Ramos spent a lifetime trying to become a police officer, entering the academy at age 38.

But he made it through the academy and he was soon living his dream.

The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.

He was distinguished as an oriental scholar, and died while delivering an oration at the academy of Caen.

Ladies and gentlemen, he falteringly said, Signor Diotti left his hotel at seven oclock and was driven to the Academy.

This assembly, to which Boileau and Racine afterwards belonged, soon became an academy of itself.

The least opulent in the Academy were the first to reject his offers, and to prefer liberty to pensions and honors.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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