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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
Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
The good news is that civility is also a learned skill.
—Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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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Bring back the learned society of common people reading and discussing challenging topics.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
The good news is that civility is also a learned skill.
—Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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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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These bloody political, erotic, and literary entanglements are the subject of my article for this week’s issue.Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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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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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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The sooner that is realized, the easier all paths become.Paige Francis, Forbes, 31 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 company was founded in 1987 by Chua Thian Poh, a high school dropout who got his start making hooks and spikes for the logging industry.Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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It was founded in 1991 by billionaire Michael Milken.Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 15 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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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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Remains were discovered two days later along the bank of Nacote Creek, a waterway that leads to the Mullica River about 10 miles north of Atlantic City.Shyla Watson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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These research reports and scholarly articles explain how.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
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Researchers often comb through reams of scholarly works.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Learned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learned. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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