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educate

[ej-oo-kayt] / ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /


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“We contacted the offending students’ families and instituted consequences, and are working to educate the students about the impact of their actions,” Holdren said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The program began in 2015 and Ledbetter explained it exists both to serve science and educate the public -- but also to rebuild the ecosystem "one coral at a time."

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The spokeswoman said it was to educate customers and isn’t meant to be punitive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Gauna hopes his videos help educate people about the importance of coexisting with sharks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Sometimes he decides that it’s his duty to educate me.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

To forestall this happening to younger women who are currently caregiving, she educates them about spousal IRAs, which allow nonworking spouses to save for retirement based on household income.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Unified, the nation’s second-largest school system, educates about 390,000 students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

It tells the story of a grandfather who educates his granddaughter Mona about the beauty of art after she is told by doctors she risks going blind.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

UT Austin also educates medical professionals in “social determinants of health,” according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

“This city is a paradise, Tally. It feeds you, educates you, keeps you safe. It makes you pretty.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

We have taken what we already know about superfluid helium and quantum technologies and turned that into an educated design, with the parameters and specifications needed to build one.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I do believe that my children would have been able to reclassify much earlier if the law had changed earlier and if I, as a mother, would have educated myself earlier,” Carbajal Salmerón said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Canada has a wealth of resources, including an educated workforce.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Like Jewish Americans, Indian-Americans are highly educated and have extremely low crime rates and welfare dependency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Most of the pilots and technicians of Raskova’s regiments were educated at least to high school level, and many of them had some university education as well.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Normandy veteran Kenneth Hay, who survived being captured just weeks after D-Day and spent years educating children about World War Two, has died aged 101.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

In her practice she often treats clientele with the latest luxury wellness technologies, and she creates online content educating the public on her cutting-edge practices — including the BioCharger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Banderas, 66, says his way of educating his own kids, whom he shares with ex-wife Melanie Griffith, was very different.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

I have been educating myself to determine whether a trust would be a good idea for our estate.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

In the weeks that followed, I found out that while I had set out to reeducate the demoness about dragons, she was educating me in the demonic language.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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