as in knowledges
a body of facts learned by study or experience
the science of medicine grew tremendously in the course of the 19th century
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Recent Examples of sciences
Meredith Woo, former dean of arts and sciences at the University of Virginia and former president of Sweet Briar College, is on the faculty at Arizona State University.
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David Ignatius, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2026
Obviously, as a scholar of the reality-television arts and sciences, this final reason is the most interesting to me.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
The new position was formed to aid UCSD faculty members in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
In the new study, Dongyang Huang, a professor of Earth and space sciences at Peking University in China, and his colleagues found a way to pin down hydrogen.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
Building Competence Through Intensive Training Accelerated nursing programs teach their students focus, drive, and readiness through concentrated coursework that covers foundation sciences, clinical reasoning, and patient-care techniques.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
Completed additions and replacements in the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw’s 2023 bond include renovating Wayside Middle School, which began in spring 2024 and ended in August 2025, and building an agriculture sciences building.
—Samuel O’Neal 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
Furger originally joined Hermeus in 2022 as director of flight sciences and was promoted to VP of engineering in 2023 before ascending to his new role.
—John Kell, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
One of my former atmospheric sciences students at the University of Georgia, Ella Dorsey, received death threats for breaking into coverage of The Masters golf tournament.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
David Ignatius, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2026
Obviously, as a scholar of the reality-television arts and sciences, this final reason is the most interesting to me.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
The new position was formed to aid UCSD faculty members in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
In the new study, Dongyang Huang, a professor of Earth and space sciences at Peking University in China, and his colleagues found a way to pin down hydrogen.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
Building Competence Through Intensive Training Accelerated nursing programs teach their students focus, drive, and readiness through concentrated coursework that covers foundation sciences, clinical reasoning, and patient-care techniques.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
Completed additions and replacements in the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw’s 2023 bond include renovating Wayside Middle School, which began in spring 2024 and ended in August 2025, and building an agriculture sciences building.
—Samuel O’Neal 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
Furger originally joined Hermeus in 2022 as director of flight sciences and was promoted to VP of engineering in 2023 before ascending to his new role.
—John Kell, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
One of my former atmospheric sciences students at the University of Georgia, Ella Dorsey, received death threats for breaking into coverage of The Masters golf tournament.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sciences
wisdoms
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Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.—
Catherine Habgood
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.—
Andrea Mandell,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Sciences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sciences. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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