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as in instructional
providing useful information or knowledge
we found the talk on easy ways for families to recycle household products very educational
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as in academic
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
the community college strives to meet the educational needs of the residents of its urban location
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Recent Examples of educational
According to data from FertilityIQ, an educational platform for individuals and couples navigating infertility and family building, the average cost of IVF treatment and medication is more than $20,000.
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Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 19 May 2026
In the education building on the side of the past, visitors enter a classroom decorated with historical photos of educational hubs of Rondo.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
We have been forced to divert educational resources and increase our security budget to safeguard students and staff as a precaution when the threat of violence against Jews has become common in the city.
—Binyamin Krauss, Washington Post, 18 May 2026
Rather than throwing money at new educational approaches, turns out a school can just move back the start time and watch grades go up.
—Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 18 May 2026
That distinction is not just an educational problem.
—Shannon McKeen, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That passion eventually spilled over onto social media, where Kenney began sharing educational videos documenting her restoration work and daily life in marine science.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The information provided in this article is for general informational and educational purposes only.
—Matthew Kayser, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
And who said reality television wasn’t educational?
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 19 May 2026
In the education building on the side of the past, visitors enter a classroom decorated with historical photos of educational hubs of Rondo.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
We have been forced to divert educational resources and increase our security budget to safeguard students and staff as a precaution when the threat of violence against Jews has become common in the city.
—Binyamin Krauss, Washington Post, 18 May 2026
Rather than throwing money at new educational approaches, turns out a school can just move back the start time and watch grades go up.
—Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 18 May 2026
That distinction is not just an educational problem.
—Shannon McKeen, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That passion eventually spilled over onto social media, where Kenney began sharing educational videos documenting her restoration work and daily life in marine science.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The information provided in this article is for general informational and educational purposes only.
—Matthew Kayser, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
And who said reality television wasn’t educational?
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for educational
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The largest portions of school budgets go to instructional costs such as teacher salaries, student services, and school operations, not to central administration.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Since then, the school’s social work and human services program has used the money to hire an instructional assistant, create brochures, update learning material for students and host community information sessions, professor Brandy Jones-Thomas said.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Analysts have tried to forecast how much academic carnage will result from this demographic bind.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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In a stunning rebuke, the Board of Governors rejected his appointment, forcing UF to restart the search and deepening concerns among faculty and alumni that ideological alignment now outweighs academic credentials in Florida university leadership.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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Perhaps most consequential in this move will be the expansion of the states’ authority and responsibility for educative quality within their jurisdictions.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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While apples-to-apples comparisons aren’t possible, a look at the streaming businesses is educative for identifying longer-term trends.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2025
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The individual who once grappled with learning disabilities emerged into a scholarly critical thinker.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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For most of his life, Mojtaba was not regarded as a religious scholar of significant theological authority or scholarly distinction.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
9 May 2026
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This article is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.—
Matthew Kayser,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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However for many small businesses, these informational searches were typically the entry (top) of the sales funnel.—
TerDawn DeBoe,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The team also captured the women’s scholastic championship.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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When not identified early, this can potentially derail a student’s scholastic trajectory from the very first days of school.—
Sherri Helvie,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The accelerator program gives participants an opportunity to connect with owners and team executives, and attend informative sessions designed to equip them for future interviews.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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But ChatGPT was designed to be sycophantic, not informative.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
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That small moment proves disproportionately instructive to the film’s prevailing ethos, which is most interested in bodies as vehicles for tracing the friction between fluidity and permanence.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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The numbers behind the spend are what make the story instructive rather than anecdotal.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Educational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/educational. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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