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academies

noun

plural of academy

as in schools

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 Today, there are more than 5,000 children participating in iACT soccer academies in Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Mexico. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Article continues below this ad Traylor also understands the Roadrunners are meeting their equal in those areas this week, as the service academies have long stood as the prime examples of a team-first approach. — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 The district boasts 44 schools in all, with performing arts schools, scholastic academies, world language programs and a handful of magnet schools and charter options for both elementary and high school-age students. — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Some parents revel in South Florida’s many options, splitting their kids between public and private academies. — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 For administrators running youth clubs, academies and athletic programs, inclusion should not begin after a child struggles. — Irma Davarashvili, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The academies hire civilian faculty to offer expertise in topics and disciplines that military officers don't study as part of their careers, such as English and the humanities. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Back then the age of discovery was at its peak, and startling new information about what had previously been a very parochial planet was flooding into the academies of Europe and the Americas. — Ian Tattersall, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026 The uneasy truce is over between the biggest academies in England. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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City utility plans call for extending a water main south along Bledsoe Avenue to serve the schools, the Bledsoe property and future western developments.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Many voters thank him for pulling Serbia from economic obscurity and orchestrating a period of sustained modernisation including new highways, railways, schools and hospitals.

— Reuters, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026

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