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academy

[uh-kad-uh-mee] / əˈkæd ə mi /


NOUN
society or institution interested in learning
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Like Neville, Butt also came through United's academy and said former players have the club's best interests at heart.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I might see you at a Commonwealth Games," the King told a group of children at the boxing academy.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Perhaps the goodwill for ‘La Bola Negra’ will make for a proper competition, and don’t count out academy favorite Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

After attending a summer football camp run by Xavi and playing for local side CE Sabadell, Putellas spent a year at La Masia, Barcelona's famous youth academy.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

At the police academy, they found that Joe had been lying awake there all night.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

They went through similar youth academies in their native country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Today, there are more than 5,000 children participating in iACT soccer academies in Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Tickets to events featuring him are often sold out, applications to darting academies are reported to be at an all-time high and the Briton has transcended the sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Kings, presidents and military academies have wrestled with versions of that question for millennia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

“It is a highly regarded school for individuals with special needs. They have academies all over the country.”

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya


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