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.
  • Liam and his staff worked with him one-on-one in meetings to educate him.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • These schools don’t just educate our young people.
    — Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • One to educate ourselves truly on what this does mean for our state.
    — Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This shaped my care in educating seniors to take part in their health care.
    — Jereè Paul, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • And not educating people on screen time where they get hooked on dopamine spikes.
    — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The writer needs to be re-educated on the project.
    — George Heller, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • Our job is to educate those people about how they’re being pushed around like pawns.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The way this country educates its children has not.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
  • His broader goal, in the meantime, is to educate.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • He was educated in Rome as a canon lawyer within the church.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • His base appeared to be whiter, richer, and more educated than the city as a whole.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Milei did a good job educating the public about the free market.
    — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
  • So maybe she was called on to teach the other angels, to educate, to inspire.
    — Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • So do the folks who lead turtle walks, nurse turtles and educate people about them.
    — Taylor Hagood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
  • One of the ways Pogrebinsky can help educate is through food.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Her plea is for all parents to educate their children about fentanyl.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This lack of knowledge adds to the challenge of educating the youth.
    — Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In his view, modern artists weren’t educated or broad-minded enough to break new ground.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The key is to get educated about what menopause really is and what your body needs to adapt to the changes.
    — Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Take the time to educate prospects, understand your funnel and test.
    — Jeff Yasuda, Forbes, 10 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • Irving ended her video with a call for parents to educate their children on their rights.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
  • Why does the state pay more to a private school than a public school to educate the exact same student?
    — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The school educates children ages 2 to 6.
    — Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Think of it as a hub for your customers and partners, and a place to educate, inform and update.
    — Sheryl Seitz, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The goal of the program is to educate people about big cats and inspire them to protect the species.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But dads should do their due diligence to educate themselves and be supportive as well.
    — Christian Dashiell, Parents, 28 Jan. 2026

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