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academies

noun

plural of academy

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a place or establishment for teaching and learning a military academy an academy of the fine arts

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Recent Examples of academies In soccer, for example, professional clubs operate academies that develop players before and during their professional careers. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 Her biggest concern is that creating an academy modeled after the military service academies would conflate what NASA does—the peaceful, civil exploration of space—with military activities undertaken by the US Space Force. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 The new partnership will allow students at the academies access to possible internships, tours related to military service, and the opportunity to meet and discuss military service with members of the guard while in school, Brig. — Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026 Navy sits atop the group despite a new starting quarterback, but Braxton Woodson has experience and should be electric, and the service academies are built to be consistent programs. — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Morris will be playing for his fourth high school in as many years, the first two in the Seattle area and the last two at prep academies in the Phoenix area. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 The law sets exceptions for certain schools and academies, including year-round schools, cooperative innovative/early college schools and qualifying districts that have a good-cause calendar waiver. — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2026 So do formal teaching with official certification, private academies, tobacco manufacturing, oil refining, telecommunications, insurance and pension funds. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026 The Presbyterian Church, for example, did not just build universities, such as Austin College in Texas and Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, but also established 59 academies in 20 states and numerous primary schools. — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026

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Decades later, buses helped desegregate schools, hauling Black and white children across the country’s racial divide, a controversial practice that has mostly ended.

— Jeff McMurray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Greenway's founders and advisers include tech executives, CEOs, a onetime Vermont secretary of education, a NASA engineer and current and former administrators from Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Tufts University and other schools.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

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