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academia

[ak-uh-dee-mee-uh, -deem-yuh, -dem-ee-uh, -dem-yuh] / ˌæk əˈdi mi ə, -ˈdim jə, -ˈdɛm i ə, -ˈdɛm jə /


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Lord Woolley said issues of plagiarism were constant in academia and that a number of individuals, who had been accused of plagiarism had not been subjected to the attention Arday had received.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Cambridge celebrated Arday's appointment as a young black professor, one of a tiny and visible minority in academia.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Soon after Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered government workers to stop using smartphones in June, the ban was also imposed in the world of academia.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The following year, he left academia and met an engineer who introduced him to executives at About.com, which Diller acquired.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

They’d come from biotech companies and academia; they’d traveled from New York, England, the Netherlands, Alaska, Japan, and everywhere between to discuss the future of cell culture.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot



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