HIGHER LEARNING Synonyms: 25 Similar Words

higher learning

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as in higher education

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Recent Examples of higher learning Venus and Jupiter align in Cancer in the part of your chart governing long journeys, higher learning, and international exploration, making the first two weeks especially ripe for immersing yourself in a new culture and simply having a wonderful time. — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026 With Neptune entering Aries on January 26th, your sector of travel, higher learning, spirituality, and belief systems is activated for the next thirteen years. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026 So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies. — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025 Fatima al-Fihri, a Moroccan woman, created the world’s first university, University of Al Quaraouiyine, in Fez, Morocco, for higher learning and research nearly 230 years before Europe created its first ones. — Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for higher learning

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Even as new research documents the rapid growth of Black and Latino entrepreneurship, policymakers are reducing or redirecting investments in higher education, including programs that support many Minority-Serving Institutions.

— Anthony Hernandez, Fortune, 5 July 2026
For more than a decade, colleges have defended sweeping changes in admissions as efforts to make higher education fairer, more accessible, and more welcoming.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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The city has argued in court filings that the ordinance didn’t specifically ban teaching yoga in its parks, but required people seeking to engage in commercial activity or lectures to obtain a permit.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Noncertified employees – staff like bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teaching assistants – will get a 3% raise.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026

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