1
as in schooling
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
a teacher who devoted herself to the education of children with special needs
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as in literacy
the understanding and information gained from being educated
a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him
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Recent Examples of education
Thaden's Lower School -- located directly south of Thaden's current campus -- will have a program blending outdoor education and the arts, according to a July 18 news release from Thaden.
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Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2025
Goals American Royal wants its new, larger campus to put Wyandotte at the center of food and agriculture events and education in the region.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
Respondents want stable housing, job security, health care, education and a good partner and worry about larger forces like politics and climate change.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Silas Allen is an education reporter focusing on challenges and possible solutions in Fort Worth’s school system.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
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Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2025
Goals American Royal wants its new, larger campus to put Wyandotte at the center of food and agriculture events and education in the region.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
Respondents want stable housing, job security, health care, education and a good partner and worry about larger forces like politics and climate change.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Silas Allen is an education reporter focusing on challenges and possible solutions in Fort Worth’s school system.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for education
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Students could get up to $2,000 for home schooling.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2025
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Each community documents and pools the funds for the common good (including schooling, social services, and cultural initiatives).—
Mark Johanson,
AFAR Media,
22 Apr. 2025
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It’s lived out in real-time, through team wellness programs, financial literacy workshops, intentional family support, and shared moments of joy.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Eggers has written nearly 50 books, runs an international youth literacy organization and his many honors include a Newbery Medal, The American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education and the TED Prize.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Apr. 2025
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In several cases, I was offered only one class at a time, not because of teaching demand, but because assigning more hours would have triggered additional administrative requirements under my state’s labor law.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Reading the results, on my living-room couch, turned out to be the most profound experience of my teaching career.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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Every personal finance article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of personal finance products.—
Keagan Ostop,
CNBC,
18 Apr. 2025
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Another lawsuit, from the state of Maine, lists and provides photographs of a litany of internal industry documents showing industry knowledge of the threat of climate change.—
Hannah Wiseman,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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Or, to extrapolate Anderson’s hacks to this example, creating a competition with a sales incentive would be significantly more impactful than barking instructions.—
Michelle Stansbury,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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To qualify as religious release time, educational instruction must take place off campus, with parental permission and with no public funding.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Hugo’s success comes from adaptability, innovation, and constant learning.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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That’s because different students have different learning needs, for a variety of reasons.—
K. Dara Hill,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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The settlement calls for scholarship limits to be replaced by roster limits.—
Eric Olson,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 2025
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Policy experts and advocates have come up with proposals that include reserving 30 percent of scholarships for the Fulbright program, international fellowship, for those who are married or have children.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/education. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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