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educate

[ej-oo-keyt] / ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /


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“Unfortunately, a lot of time, it might end there for a while. We’ll follow up a couple of times, and then it’s up to them. All we can do is advise and educate them.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

A “family council” started around 2017 organizes the family reunions and helps educate family members about the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

"We do try and educate the visitors before they come to say where it is appropriate to park and where it isn't appropriate to park."

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Moreover, when students leave public schools for private academies, the students left behind are disproportionately special needs students who cost more to educate.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

I guess that’s why the Freedom Writers had to write about our lives and share them with him, because he’s in a position to educate kids like that.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

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

Miss Halsall's proposal has been backed by Lincolnshire football club Sleaford Town Juniors, which runs five girls' teams and educates players about the risk of wearing ill-fitting bras.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

It educates, creates the status quo, and also protests against it.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"I'm pretty sharp. I'm not educated and I'm not that intelligent, but I'm smart. They say somebody's street smart. I feel like if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

As always, staying educated and prepared for the road ahead can pay dividends the next time you come across an emergency.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Africans, like Asians—she tells us—are among the most educated cohorts in the U.S.:

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Mr. Ogilvy, who was educated at Oxford and later became a chef, writes in propulsive prose that elevates this, his first book, above a simple history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“Too well educated for his own good” was what Hanako’s father was accused of, and he spent seven months in the stockade.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

“Olivia’s involvement is such a gift, because she is reaching and educating young people who may feel checked out or hopeless on these issues,” Northup said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Almendarez did reach out to an expert by asking Nye, who has decades of experience educating the public about what is and isn’t science.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

Novo Nordisk and Lilly are preparing for the new coverage by publicizing it to patients and doctors and educating them on how to get patients into the program.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

“I’m educating the experts here,” Burry crowed in an e-mail.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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