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academy

[uh-kad-uh-mee] / əˈkæd ə mi /


NOUN
society or institution interested in learning
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But David wasn’t my only inspiration in Florence’s Gallery of the Academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

That project also produced a groundbreaking 2022 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Mahan graduated the Naval Academy in 1859 and, after an undistinguished career at sea, led the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Dosa has finessed this emotional-meets-elemental space before in her Academy Award-nominated 2022 documentary “Fire of Love,” about married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

I’d spent my entire life within the safety of the Academy walls, and I’d expected to spend the rest of it here as well.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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