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teaches

verb

present tense third-person singular of teach

as in educates

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening

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Recent Examples of teaches More recently, Schumer announced that she was set to release her first children’s book — A Joke of Her Own, illustrated by Beth Mills — which is inspired by her own childhood and teaches kids about hard work and embracing comedy. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 Focus on inference While AI training teaches the model to learn from patterns in large amounts of data, inference refers to the decisions that are made based on new information. — Isabel O'Brien,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Greg Rogers, a former FBI agent and SWAT sniper who now teaches at Utah Valley University, said the alleged risk to the crowd should be enough to preserve the aggravating factor at this stage. — Michael Ruiz , Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Your stories are a great reminder of what sports teaches high school students about life. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Spending 300 pages inside another person’s perspective teaches you that people are complicated, that one opinion does not fit all, and that not every question needs a stringent answer. — Mckenna Friedland, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 Harper teaches oral communication and journalism at White Hall High School, and is working to launch the school's first journalism program and newspaper. — Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026 His wife was a substitute teacher and his daughter teaches in the district. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026 Its chief financial officer teaches financial literacy on Twitch, with thousands of viewers tuning in to learn. — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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Eco effort To protect the pristine natural habitat, Jumeirah Olhahali implements successful conservation projects and educates guests on their role in the preservation efforts.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
None of these institutions educates hundreds of thousands of students.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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