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educate

[ej-oo-kayt] / ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /


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"I just hope to educate a few people," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Often they can be tourism or hospitality businesses, so they're having to educate their customers what to do."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The key precaution is to educate the judiciary of these dangers, and this work is underway.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

“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

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

Last year, none of the substantial number of homeless students it educates were chronically absent, school officials said, a goal they hope to maintain as school opens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

It educates us in many arcane worlds of arts and crafts, quilts, chairs, pickle crocks and other items whose value really can be in the eye of the beholder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Sheers educates crypto-curious clients about other risk assets that offer more diversification and less volatility.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

A fellow ranger, former poacher Festus Benjamin, 31, told AFP he now educates his peers on the value of preserving the park's wildlife.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

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

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Hominin fossils are so rare that generally the differences between them are huge, and researchers are left to make educated guesses regarding what existed in the missing parts of the fossil record.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

On campus, students are educated on the importance of not touching or feeding the donkeys, which weigh about 500 pounds and can charge at humans when feeling threatened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

I have some pretty good educated guesses about what happened.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Earlier this year, a report by the Sutton Trust found cricket to be one of the most elitist jobs in the country, with 59% of male professionals and 50% of women privately educated.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

He, an alleged psychologist, noticed not one of the Ten Warning Signs of Nervous Collapse or whatever it was that he was educated to see, and qualified to teach.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Hay had survived being captured just weeks after D-Day and spent years educating children about World War Two.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

If someone wants to remain independent, they need to continue educating themselves about the changing world we live in as seniors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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’m educating the experts here,” Burry crowed in an e-mail.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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