How to Use educated in a Sentence

educated

adjective
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  • These companies want an educated work force.
  • Part of that has to do with the fact that this is the most educated part of the district.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
  • In the case of Tiangong-1, though, the end is close enough for educated guesses to be made.
    — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • And with Joyce gone, his Ivy League–educated kids get the last word.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Without food, the survivors, part of Uruguay’s educated elite, are forced to eat the flesh of the deceased to stay alive.
    — Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Now is the time to become educated about what can be done.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The key is to find people who can make educated guesses, not just take shots in the dark.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • My best semi-educated guess right now is Nephi Sewell, maybe as high as the fifth round.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This is why, in my educated opinion, this is how this should be.
    — House Beautiful, 28 June 2019
  • The more educated, the more likely people are to be working from home.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
  • What better way to become educated than to get to travel the world?
    — Sarah Michaud, PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • For the rest, the NBS must make educated guesses, which will err on the side of continuity.
    — The Economist, 7 July 2018
  • The drop has also been steeper among the less educated.
    — Ernie Tedeschi, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Reasons for the decline in work for less educated men are many.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2020
  • So, the scientists just took a very, very educated stab at it.
    — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Odom was able to become more educated about the program.
    — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Those who are educated and understand where hip-hop comes from know that the Bronx deserves most of the credit.
    — Bianca Alysse, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2018
  • And the factors that have made the city a draw for employers, like an educated and skilled work force, remain firmly in place.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The voters who could decide control of Congress tend to be whiter, older and more educated than the rest of the country.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 17 May 2018
  • This is a very smart guy, very well educated, very well experienced and knows how to work the system.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Voters may in fact prefer to choose a more educated, elite class of people to debate the issues of the day on their behalf.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 29 Nov. 2021
  • In fact, members of the diaspora are among the most educated and wealthiest in the US.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Are there women out there like her who are good-hearted and looking for a stable, educated man with whom to have a good time?
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Four decades ago, more than 90 percent of husbands were more educated than their wives.
    — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Still hurting: less educated workers are much less likely to be able to work from home.
    — Sarah Hansen, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Pelion is the mythical home of Chiron, the wisest of the centaurs, who lived in a cave in the mountains and educated Achilles, the great hero of the Trojan War, in the healing arts.
    — Charlotte Higgins, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
  • But for the many who are, marks are easy to find among otherwise educated and cautious consumers.
    — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Researchers must make educated guesses to test the most likely phase values and confirm the ones that best fit the data.
    — Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The advisor should be able to see the whole picture, allow all voices to be heard and make educated decisions about the next steps.
    — Carl Gould, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Predictive Maintenance No one can predict the future, but AI can analyze past data to make educated guesses about the future.
    — Matias Recchia, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025

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