How to Use academically in a Sentence

academically

adverb
Definition of academicallynext
  • Nguyen excelled academically in high school, but his grades faltered for the first two years of college.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2021
  • Children who have cavities, for instance, tend to miss more school days and fare worse academically than those who don’t.
    — New York Times, 19 May 2021
  • All students excel academically and will be prepared for their future success.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2021
  • School administrators and teachers also will need to talk to parents about where their child stands academically and what has been lost during the pandemic.
    — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2021
  • Early national data shows students are lagging academically in both reading and math.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2021
  • Today, both groups outperform whites academically and economically and have for decades.
    — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 1 June 2021
  • By the end of the day, she felt reassured academically and had moved past the earthquake.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Now, as Solomon heads to first grade, Carson is clear-eyed about where his son stands academically.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Now, as Solomon heads to first grade, Mr. Carson is cleareyed about where his son stands academically.
    — New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
  • This year was meant to be the year that schools help students catch up academically after more than a year of distance learning.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The Warner kids were challenged to perform academically and placed in sports at a young age so long as their grades were maintained.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • My son is 10 years old and is behind his peers academically.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
  • At West Point, Cooper finished near the top of her class academically.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Badger, who was with the program last year but not academically eligible, excelled in the spring but has not been in the mix yet.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The authors say states and districts should use the remaining funds to help students catch up academically.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Hunter, which is among the most academically competitive of the CUNY colleges, tends to be a commuter school, and students often work part or full time.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • All kids have their own unique strengths and challenges, with some needing a bit more support academically than others.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The cavernous eight-story building holds about 5,850 students, one of the largest and most academically rigorous high schools in the United States.
    — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • That would cover Chicago’s 11 selective high schools that rank academically among the best in the state and nationwide.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Being able to help your child at home—both academically and behaviorally—plays a huge role in their success at school.
    — Alex Vance, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Kids are struggling academically now more than ever because of her collusion with the CDC to lock kids out of learning.
    — Fox News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In all of these episodes, there’s always a stark divide between how the smarter kids spend their graduation day lead-up, and how the … academically challenged do.
    — Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 30 May 2024
  • For now, the telescopes will keep on working and the astronomers will keep on observing and the paper will continue to be churned out by the thousands and—academically at least—that is a very good thing.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 Mar. 2022
  • That group culls the best research on what helps freshmen succeed academically and helps coach principals and teachers on how to apply it in their schools.
    — oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2021
  • According to the suit, the four children through Ann Arbor Public Schools all lost skills and regressed academically as schools shut down and went online.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2021
  • Boston’s initial focus on health and safety and delay in hiring and training staff to help students catch up academically have left schools to fill in the gaps.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Both academically and socially, Hillary wore the pants in the new family then forming.
    — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 26 July 2024
  • Branch excelled academically and finished high school at a young age.
    — AZCentral.com, 16 Oct. 2022
  • This means that disabled kids who face bullying are put at an even greater disadvantage academically.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • The children of immigrants might also experience more pressure to succeed academically and professionally because of their families’ sacrifices for better lives.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2024

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