as in taught
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
would tirelessly lesson the children in proper manners
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The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.—
Sydney Sasser,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Aug. 2025 -
Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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The Framers—55 delegates, most educated in Latin, Greek, and classical rhetoric—weren’t building a government to run people’s lives.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Their book, which has already sold more than 400,000 copies around the world, arrives at a time of both bloody religious conflict and rapidly collapsing religious belief, especially among the young and the highly educated.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Lessoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lessoned. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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