Thesaurus results for ACADEMIES

academies

noun

plural of academy

as in schools

a place or establishment for teaching and learning a military academy an academy of the fine arts

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Recent Examples of academies Bolkiah also spent time at academies with Southampton, Chelsea and Leicester City. —

Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 June 2026 The national teams of many smaller countries have players who were trained in international soccer academies or who compete at the club level in Europe’s Big Five. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 Highlands also has the Boyne Golf Academy, with various options for immersion camps and has won multiple Golf Digest awards as one of America’s top golf academies—for four decades. —

Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 Efforts to strengthen the program, including investments in academies, pitch construction and youth leagues backed by President Xi Jinping, have yet to deliver international results. —

Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 18 June 2026 Prince Ali credited the country's investment in youth academies and grassroots development programs for helping elevate Jordan's national team. —

Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 17 June 2026 More recently, Mohammed VI, the current King, opened a network of sprawling, modern soccer academies—the primary complex, in Salé, is named the Mohammed VI Football Academy—to develop domestic talent from a young age. —

Dan Greene, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 He was accused of scientific misconduct by his peers and rejected for membership in scientific academies. —

Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Many of those players, like Bournemouth’s Tyler Adams and Juventus’ Weston McKennie, were uncovered in MLS youth academies before being transferred abroad. —

Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026

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schools

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Reading scores among high school seniors are at their lowest in decades, according to federal testing data, while schools across the country are grappling with how to respond to waning attention spans and artificial intelligence.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
For those going to professional schools such as medical school or law school, their ability to borrow will be capped at $50,000 annually and at $200,000 over their lifetime.

— Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 1 July 2026