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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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Recent Examples of learned
New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Passive aggression often stems from a combination of hostility and a learned avoidance of direct conflict.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Investigators learned the suspect had indeed obtained firearm permits after the 47th president was inaugurated in January.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The scientists believe both these factors hint that this form of conflict resolution is a learned one, which is then adopted by younger apes.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Passive aggression often stems from a combination of hostility and a learned avoidance of direct conflict.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
Police later subpoenaed the tracker company and learned it was tied to him.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Investigators learned the suspect had indeed obtained firearm permits after the 47th president was inaugurated in January.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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For the April inflation report, which was published last month, the government was forced to make educated guesses about more prices than usual, using the price of similar items, said Omair Sharif who tracks the data for Inflation Insights.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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Yes, today’s women are more educated, more employed, and more independent than any generation before.—
Danaya Wilson,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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First established as a literary agency in 1896, Sayle Screen will continue to be run by Jane Villiers, Matthew Bates, and Kelly Knatchbull.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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The couple lived in the hotel for years and hosted a long line of literary and artistic legends including Josephine Baker, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Flynn, Orson Wells, Salvador Dalí, and Miles Davis.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
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Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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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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The story behind the brand Hater Free Apparel was founded in 1999, inspired by brands like FUBU and Phat Farm, Gray said.—
Zuri Primos,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2025
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Both clubs were founded in the same working-class neighbourhood, known as the mouth of Buenos Aires.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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At the same time, fans are more financially literate, and creators are increasingly looking for ways to own and monetize their work without middlemen.—
Azeem Khan,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Their neighbors were literate, cultivated, liberal in their politics.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 May 2025
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In 2024, more than 100,000 pounds of turkey kielbasa products were recalled after the product was discovered to have fragments of bone inside.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Foreign objects being discovered in food is a relatively rare recall reason, with more common reasons including bacterial or viral contamination or the presence of undeclared allergens.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Narrative medicine, an increasingly popular scholarly field developed at Columbia University by the internist and literary scholar Rita Charon, aims to improve medical care by helping clinicians more fully understand their patients’ stories and perspectives.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Most of the remaining Kashmiri Hindus, primarily from the scholarly Pandit community, fled after a wave of religious attacks in the late 1980s and early 1990s.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Learned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learned. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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