How to Use nonacademic in a Sentence

nonacademic

adjective
  • Research shows play is a proven way for students to learn academic and nonacademic skills.
    — NBC News, 8 Feb. 2020
  • But there’s broad consensus among schools serving the youngest kids that nonacademic use of cell phones should be prohibited.
    — USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Funk, the search consultant, says that many schools have expressed a greater desire to hire leaders with nonacademic backgrounds.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • How refreshing that someone has the courage to express the views shared by so many of the nonacademic population.
    — Scott Kaufman, Orange County Register, 15 Apr. 2017
  • The state is using that power to add a nonacademic factor, like a measure of absenteeism to the grading system.
    — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Luckily, there are plenty of nonacademic books about African politics out there.
    — Laura Seay, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2017
  • If and when academic jobs rebound, Fuhrmann hopes the way will be open for scientists who took nonacademic jobs and would like to return.
    — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 6 Oct. 2020
  • His all-volunteer role is a meeting point of his professional pursuits and his nonacademic passions.
    — Rebecca Frankel, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Among students with the same test scores, nonacademic ratings do not increase with income below the 99th income percentile.
    — Prasad Krishnamurthy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Among students with the same test scores, nonacademic ratings do not increase with income below the 99th income percentile.
    — Prasad Krishnamurthy, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
  • They were known for their surrealism, their nonacademic nature and their focus on the connections between the natural world and the human mind.
    — Martin Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Kieznerds organizers had hoped that a considerable part of the audience would be nonacademic.
    — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The books of Michael Clune, or at least the ones written for a nonacademic audience, have focussed on very particular chapters of his life.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That initiative will allow the district to track students' skills — both academic and nonacademic — from kindergarten through the 12th grade.
    — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2018
  • School sports are one area where these nonacademic skills can be fostered, and microschools are finding novel ways to integrate competitive sports into their school structures.
    — Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • But playing for Edgewood — which has two IB students — is his chance to make friends in a nonacademic, nonmusical context.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
  • But some paleontologists are not pleased that the fossil is now in a collector’s home and will reside in a nonacademic institution in the coming months.
    — Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 15 Apr. 2021
  • History’s armies of nonacademic readers will find this obvious and undeniable.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The very notion that a scholarly organization should take a stand on nonacademic issues was practically unheard of.
    — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Travelers eligible for the vaccine were less likely to receive it at clinics in the South or at nonacademic medical centers.
    — NBC News, 16 May 2017
  • How big a threat to traditional colleges and universities are nonacademic providers of advanced education?
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • The proposal includes an exception for cases in which applicants were rejected for nonacademic reasons.
    — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • Yet students from the top 1% somehow receive substantially higher nonacademic ratings.
    — Prasad Krishnamurthy, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
  • Yet students from the top 1% somehow receive substantially higher nonacademic ratings.
    — Prasad Krishnamurthy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • To help pay for some of those athletic and other nonacademic needs, the district signed a 25-year naming rights agreement with Acuity Insurance.
    — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2019
  • The teenagers, as well as Spone’s daughter, were members of the Victory Vipers, a private, nonacademic cheerleading team in Doylestown.
    — NBC News, 26 Mar. 2022
  • In an ideal world, researchers would be able to return benefits to the community without involving nonacademic external parties.
    — Brenna Henn, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But for years now, nonacademic programs have proliferated on campus with the intention of preparing students for life on, and more importantly beyond, campus.
    — Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Nevertheless, there are good reasons to question how elite universities currently measure nonacademic merit.
    — Prasad Krishnamurthy, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
  • Nevertheless, there are good reasons to question how elite universities currently measure nonacademic merit.
    — Prasad Krishnamurthy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026

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