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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
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Officers learned that a 68-year-old man from Springfield, Massachusetts, was struck by a skid steer that was backing up, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2024
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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
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Deputies later learned that his 1-year-old son was inside the home.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Officers learned that a 68-year-old man from Springfield, Massachusetts, was struck by a skid steer that was backing up, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2024
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Moreover, in trade, understanding potential hazards is fundamental to making educated decisions.Boris Kreiman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The ability for teens to make logical, educated decisions is muddied by an array of factors: their lack of life experience, their vulnerability to peer pressure and their underdeveloped brain maturity.David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
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But it was not published in a literary magazine until 1988, after some measure of democratization had been achieved.Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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In this interview, the New York resident discusses his approach to the creative process, the challenges of balancing multiple roles in the literary world, and the importance of preserving voices from the past.Court Stroud, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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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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Shoup, the commander on duty at the time, soon realized more calls would come in because the phone number was a misprint from a newspaper ad.Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the process of their online sleuthing, fans also realized that not only did Baldoni and Lively manage to complete their press tour without interacting much, if ever, but the majority of It Ends With Us cast members, as well as author Colleen Hoover, also didn’t follow Baldoni on social media.Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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Before founding her company, Courtney worked at agencies and corporate companies along the East Coast.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Hannity started working at the network in 1996, when it was founded, while Earhardt joined in 2007.Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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In Senegal, only 45.4% of women, compared to 68.4% of men are literate.Meghan McCormick, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Available on The Week Bookshop Middlemarch George Eliot, 1871 Lydia, my wonderful and vastly more literate wife, convinced me to read this after years of gentle persuasion.The Week UK, theweek, 27 Sep. 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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Biologist Hugh Gabriel discovered a new species of frog in Madagascar that spend their entire lives in trees in the rainforest and have a lifestyle unique for frogs.Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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One 2019 scholarly paper found that more than half of bankruptcy filers cited medical expenses as a contributing cause.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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This doesn’t seem to be the year for advice books, scholarly tomes or rigor of any sort.Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Learned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learned. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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