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academy

[uh-kad-uh-mee] / əˈkæd ə mi /


NOUN
society or institution interested in learning
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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

Appeared in the June 9, 2026, print edition as 'Meta Launches Data Center ‘Workforce Academy’'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Katrina Suèr, who chairs the parent council at Mearns Academy in Aberdeenshire, said a four-day week would be impractical for parents.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Our house, unlike most of the buildings at the Academy, was actually old, not just fabricated to look that way.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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