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as in instructional
providing useful information or knowledge
we found the talk on easy ways for families to recycle household products very educational
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as in academical
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
the community college strives to meet the educational needs of the residents of its urban location
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Adjective
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The trend of clients seeking out educative experiences outside of the classroom continues to bubble, and this new epic pilgrimage is designed to celebrate the many life lessons Greek mythology presents while igniting children’s curiosity for the world through the ancient hero’s journey.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2024 -
The transformative retreats take place in Portugal and Sayulita, Mexico, and combine an impressive range of treatments and educative modalities.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
13 June 2024
Adjective
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Drug companies at the time approached these treatments with more skepticism, waiting longer to invest and letting universities and academic hospitals do the heavy lifting, said Ameet Sarpatwari, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who studies the pharmaceutical industry.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Being so much loved is going to help you much more in life than academic success alone.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Both winners will be announced at the FICA ceremony, establishing a new platform for recognizing both creative and scholarly contributions to regional cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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About 119,000 scholarly journal articles and conference papers are published globally every week, or more than 6 million a year.—
Guillaume Cabanac,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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From the front page to the last, there was always something informative that exposed the life of the community to the reader.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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That informative announcement asks the audience to acknowledge the indigenous people on whose ancestral lands the theater now stands.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This perhaps comes through most clearly in the film’s surprisingly considerate treatment of religion, especially in a scholastic environment.—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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Here is an important one: Were the poll respondents made aware of the actual number of transgender students participating in scholastic sports relative to the overall number of students participating in those programs, based upon either local, state, or national statistics?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Rogan’s descent into far-right politics is instructive for understanding the diminished cultural resistance to Trump.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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Breadfruit’s resilience and adaptability should be particularly instructive and inspiring to us in this moment.—
Elaine Savory,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Educational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/educational. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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