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academic

[ak-uh-dem-ik] / ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk /


NOUN
scholar or university/college teacher
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For the 2025-2026 academic year, new enrollments of international students in the U.S. declined by 17%.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Los Angeles County public school enrollment for the 2025-26 academic year decreased from the prior year by 32,953 students, or 2.6%, to 1,242,816.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Pitt is one of a handful of academic medical centers with special rehabilitation programs that aim to pinpoint the cause of vertigo, and tailor rehab to the patient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

On days when students were sharper than usual, they completed more of their goals and often aimed higher, especially with academic work.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Concealed within relativism there thus lies a dream of omnipotence, a fantasy recompense, perhaps, for the impotence and irrelevance of academic life.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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