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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
That’s what turned my attention to the nineteenth century as this very tumultuous period of emergence in the arts, sciences, in education, politically, culturally.
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Chava Pearl Lansky, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2025
Under Wallis Annenberg’s leadership, the foundation expanded its philanthropic scope beyond media, arts and education to include animal welfare, environmental conservation and healthcare.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 July 2025
With financial struggles and worries often cited as reasons for people having fewer children, solutions often focus on calling for policies that include making child care, health care, housing and education more accessible.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Pulling the plug on these dollars is likely to impact rural stations the most, which feed information, entertainment and education to isolated communities.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Chava Pearl Lansky, JSTOR Daily, 30 July 2025
Under Wallis Annenberg’s leadership, the foundation expanded its philanthropic scope beyond media, arts and education to include animal welfare, environmental conservation and healthcare.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 July 2025
With financial struggles and worries often cited as reasons for people having fewer children, solutions often focus on calling for policies that include making child care, health care, housing and education more accessible.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Pulling the plug on these dollars is likely to impact rural stations the most, which feed information, entertainment and education to isolated communities.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for education
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While many states are now embedding financial education into K–12 schooling, the realities confronting a 17-year-old differ vastly from those facing a 22-year-old navigating healthcare deductibles, credit scores, and 401(k) matches.—
Jane Swift,
Fortune,
31 July 2025
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The program, which would use public money to help pay for private schooling, bitterly divided Republican lawmakers two years ago.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Our mission is to increase access to books and their authors, hold space for community conversations guided by books and their authors and to increase critical literacy and the love of reading for all ages.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday.—
Collin Binkley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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The reserve would also provide funding to retain and hire new research and teaching positions, including for graduate students, post-docs, and other early-career professionals.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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And shouldn’t the teachings of Jesus transcend gender?—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
1 Aug. 2025
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More: Great Lakes tribes’ knowledge of nature could be key to navigating climate change.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Follow-up quizzes and simulations can assess employees’ knowledge retention and identify any change in their long-term behavior.—
Stu Sjouwerman,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Opt-in systems are most effective when paired with instruction about disasters and how to respond to warnings, Sellnow said, making education a crucial responsibility of local governments.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Proponents of cursive instruction point to studies that indicate cursive instruction can help students improve memory and information retention, versus taking notes on a computer.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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The apartment complex has a learning center for after-school and summer learning programs, a food pantry offering no-cost food to residents, laundry facilities, a courtyard, picnic areas, green space and a playscape.—
Shonda Novak,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Lack of quality sleep, which is essential for a child’s development and learning.—
Ethan Hylton,
IndyStar,
30 July 2025
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Pro golfer Kevin Hall is Reaching Out alumni Reaching Out's most famous alumni may be deaf golfer Kevin Hall, who turned pro in 2005 after attending Ohio State University on a golf scholarship.—
Randy Tucker,
The Enquirer,
28 July 2025
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Scaling momentum for the global stage While studying at UC Berkeley, Espinoza took a key piece of advice from a scholarship (Cal Alumni Association Leadership Award) interview to heart and began to focus on scaling the work his mother had started.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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“Education.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/education. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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