higher learning

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Recent Examples of higher learning With Neptune entering Aries on January 26th, your sector of travel, higher learning, spirituality, and belief systems is activated for the next thirteen years. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026 From February 13 to April 2028, its shift through your ninth house of higher learning will require soul searching around your belief system and inner drive. Maressa Brown, InStyle, 1 Jan. 2026 Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for higher learning
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Noun
  • Kenny Jacoby is an investigative reporter for USA TODAY who uncovers issues in sports, higher education and law enforcement.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • Vast crowds in downtown Buenos Aires marched toward the government headquarters to denounce budget shortfalls eroding the financial foundation of the country's higher education.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • There is great teaching going on, the principal is wonderful.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
  • Concurrent with Lovelace O’Neal’s artistic practice was her teaching career.
    News Desk, Artforum, 15 May 2026

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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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