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as in educated
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the learned professor can speak knowledgeably on a wide array of subjects
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as in literary
suggestive of the vocabulary used in books
a teaching assistant who tries to impress us with all of his learned words
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as in mastered
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps
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as in realized
to come to an awareness of
the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely
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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school
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as in studied
to commit to memory
he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke
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Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
If, as seems likely, better software and more powerful computers continue to develop, many of today’s learned professionals risk being replaced by machines in much the same way.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Brittany Luse is joined by writer and journalist Ana Marie Cox to get into how people are disentangling alcohol from their lives, and the lessons she's learned as a recovering alcoholic.
—Veralyn Williams, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The good news is that civility is also a learned skill.
—Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
If, as seems likely, better software and more powerful computers continue to develop, many of today’s learned professionals risk being replaced by machines in much the same way.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
Verb
The other half learned Mini Pinyin in the evening, slept through the night and had their memory tested the next morning.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Brittany Luse is joined by writer and journalist Ana Marie Cox to get into how people are disentangling alcohol from their lives, and the lessons she's learned as a recovering alcoholic.
—Veralyn Williams, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
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The key is to find people who can make educated guesses, not just take shots in the dark.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Predictive Maintenance No one can predict the future, but AI can analyze past data to make educated guesses about the future.Matias Recchia, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Besides, learning literary discrimination requires exposure to a range of materials.Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Buchwald is looking to bolster its presence across unscripted content and literary representation with two hires in the agency’s Los Angeles office.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
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Things happened—or didn’t happen—depending on who had the ear of the president at any moment and who had mastered the dark arts of bureaucratic warfare.Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
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And Valverde has mastered this facet of the game, with five of his six goals this season coming from shots from outside the penalty area — the most by any player in Europe’s top five domestic leagues.Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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But as Sophie Turner began appearing in movies and TV shows outside of the Song of Ice and Fire universe, the world quickly realized that the lady has real range.Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2024
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The sooner that is realized, the easier all paths become.Paige Francis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Robinson—whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lemmon—founded the anti-Islam English Defence League and has become a major far-right figure in the U.K., attracting thousands of supporters to rallies and garnering widespread criticism for his divisive anti-immigrant rhetoric.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Finkelstein’s grandfather, Alfred Wiener, founded the Wiener Library, London’s most important Holocaust archive, and Finkelstein served on the commission that recommended a new memorial.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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When her friends started getting divorced a few years later, a lot of them didn’t have any money, weren’t financially literate, and felt trapped.Ginger Gentile, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Everett’s Jim is not the caricature often associated with Twain’s portrayal but a literate, introspective man whose intellect and strategic thinking shine through.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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But once the job became a reality, Williams discovered the job was unsustainable.Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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The picture, discovered by WMAR-2 reporter Elizabeth Worthington at Vito's Pizza in Baltimore City, depicts Mangione in holy robes with a golden halo, resembling depictions of Jesus Christ.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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There is a lot of scholarly research regarding the ins and outs of wintertime blues.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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But plenty of scholarly studies have confirmed formaldehyde’s presence in our everyday lives and mirror our findings.Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Learned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learned. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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