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academy

[uh-kad-uh-mee] / əˈkæd ə mi /


NOUN
society or institution interested in learning
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Wood took his discipline seriously, striving for and achieving the sort of objectivity that became unfashionable in the academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

And while elite teams and the MLS academy system is fine, the top of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Albert Puig, one of his coaches in Barcelona's academy, picked up on this years ago.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

His youth coach Inocente Diaz, who watched him come through the Barcelona academy, was saying this years ago.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

She became an assistant at the Aero Navigation Laboratory of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in Moscow, working with the academy instructor and director, Aleksandr Belyakov.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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