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academy

[uh-kad-uh-mee] / əˈkæd ə mi /


NOUN
society or institution interested in learning
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After decades spent shaping modern movies without ever taking home a competitive Oscar, actor Glenn Close and director Ridley Scott will finally receive statuettes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Lead study author Xiaotong Peng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences told AFP that the researchers were "astonished" when the scale of their discovery became clear.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Co-op Academy and the Co-op Academy Trust, which is responsible for running the school, have been contacted for comment by the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But David wasn’t my only inspiration in Florence’s Gallery of the Academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I watched their fingers fly across the keys and realized that the programming for an actual Glitch was almost identical to the simulation programming I’d learned back at the Academy.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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