as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
the cloistered and privileged world inhabited by the students in that suburban academe
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Recent Examples of academe
But her decision to mix it up beyond the halls of academe has also landed her in the middle of a nasty social media drama and a Hollywood dispute.
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Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
Pragmatism begins on the streets and exchanges, and is later articulated in the halls of academe.
—Mark Edmundson, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
Unless academe provides more encouragement and professional incentives for such efforts, the critical dialogues and community exchanges the public is asking for will not happen on the scale that is required.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2017
Nor is the Dunning School itself anomalous in the history of American academe.
—Michael Bérubé, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
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Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
Pragmatism begins on the streets and exchanges, and is later articulated in the halls of academe.
—Mark Edmundson, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
Unless academe provides more encouragement and professional incentives for such efforts, the critical dialogues and community exchanges the public is asking for will not happen on the scale that is required.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2017
Nor is the Dunning School itself anomalous in the history of American academe.
—Michael Bérubé, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for academe
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He was listed as the only instructor at the San Jose martial arts school that offers martial arts classes to adults, according to its website.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
20 July 2025
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The series follows a group of students at DiMarco’s alma mater, Gallaudet University, a school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Washington, D.C.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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Because the academy has undergone significant change in recent years both in the curriculum taught and the way cadets are instructed, Casaday said losing that institutional knowledge could decrease training quality for officers.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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Compared to the previous generation of Ajax academy talents, such as Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt, the now 19-year-old crossed into a more challenging situation.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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“Academe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academe. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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