as in higher education
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Recent Examples of higher learning
The university, located in the nation’s capital, has the distinction of being the first school of higher learning designed for deaf students.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The Scorpio full moon arrives on May 12th at 12:56 p.m. EST, lighting up your sector of wisdom and higher learning, and suddenly, something clicks.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025
Within her lifetime, Fatima al-Fihri expanded the center for higher learning and research to the sciences, math and philosophy from its base of Quranic study.
—Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Your sector of truth, travel, and higher learning is activated, and suddenly the world feels open again.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The Scorpio full moon arrives on May 12th at 12:56 p.m. EST, lighting up your sector of wisdom and higher learning, and suddenly, something clicks.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025
Within her lifetime, Fatima al-Fihri expanded the center for higher learning and research to the sciences, math and philosophy from its base of Quranic study.
—Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Your sector of truth, travel, and higher learning is activated, and suddenly the world feels open again.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher learning
Noun
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Not surprisingly, Flynt and Black both are no fans of politicians pushing current censorship efforts on books and in higher education curriculum.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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No higher education institutions in Tennessee meet the program's threshold and therefore do not receive HSI funding.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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There was one part of Howard's character that hit closer to home: teaching.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Upstairs tutoring and studying spaces, a library and teaching labs are reserved specifically for athletes and feature abundant glass, daylight and an airy sense of openness.—
Sharron van der Meulen,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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