How to Use educate in a Sentence

educate

verb
  • The job of our public schools is to educate.
  • Parents trust schools to educate their children.
  • The goal is the same: to educate and entertain the viewer.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • First, the league might have to educate prospective fans.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The group's main purpose is to get more fans to the show and to educate Swifties on the ticketing process.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The project aims to educate visitors about the three thriving Black Wall Streets of the mid-1900s.
    — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Like, the record label’s been educating me on what this means, like, ‘No, this is not just this year.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
  • For some, the provider must follow a specific plan to educate the patient about how the drug works.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Fleming said that there are three strands to the campaign – to educate, to enforce and to expand.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • In the clip, he’s seen educating himself on the sport and very determined to take the trophy home.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2023
  • It is meant to help educate people to detect the symptoms.
    — USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • Chad Woodyard, the group’s chairman and one of its founders, said that Ujima’s main goal is to educate.
    — Steve Smith, courant.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • One of the ways Pogrebinsky can help educate is through food.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Lin was educated in China and Europe, but lived in the U.S. for three decades.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
  • For example, the cost to educate a Rohingya refugee child for the entire year in the camp is only $150.
    — Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Their goal is to find, educate and support families to meet the needs of kids in foster care.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Given the recent changes, Slocum said she feels forced to educate the 14-year-old outside of school.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • And not educating people on screen time where they get hooked on dopamine spikes.
    — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Kristen also said that the office could do more to educate schools and the public about the data.
    — Kara Newhouse, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The first step in getting people to be aware of how social issues play out is to educate them.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The Valley of Fire — about 55 miles northeast of the Strip — educated me further.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • The state needs to find new ways to attract younger workers and better educate and train those already here.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The goal was to educate people in the community of the challenges of families in need.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Through the years, the businesses in the strip mall have helped feed, dress, heal and educate Filipino Angelenos.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Take the time to educate prospects, understand your funnel and test.
    — Jeff Yasuda, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But West Coast brewers are on a mission to educate consumers about how much more sake can be.
    — Navpreet Dhillon, Sunset Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
  • There’s a theme of who gets access to the arts, and who is able to go to these beautiful locations and educate [themselves].
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The school is now required to educate all incoming students about the tribe.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022
  • The drop followed the launch of the city’s Celebrate Safely campaign, which aimed to educate residents about the dangers of fireworks, how to report violations, and tips to ensure a safe holiday.
    — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
  • In 1925, an American teacher's fight to educate his high school students about evolution thrust a small-town controversy into the national spotlight.
    — Rachel Wegner, USA Today, 11 July 2025

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