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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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The goal, he says, is to supplant independent academic research with “an entire system of pseudoscience and grift.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Other studies of students have concluded that reliance on LLMs is associated with procrastination, memory loss and diminished academic performance.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

That is exactly what another academic study found upon measuring the stock market’s performance during World Cups between 1950 and 2007: The U.S. stock market produced an average loss of 2.6% during those tournaments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He did more than any other academic, and perhaps more than anyone in the past 50 years, to sustain the memory and importance of the Revolution and its principles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I’m on academic team, Latin team, and cinema club.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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