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adjective

as in schooled

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verb

past tense of homeschool
as in drilled

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  1. schooled
  2. drilled
  3. instructed
  4. grounded
  5. self-taught
  6. informed
  7. skilled
  8. qualified
Adjective
  • But, as Mitski well recognizes — and was obviously able to convince management and booking — the 8,000 or so mostly young people who were able to attend over the course of a week won’t likely ever forget being this thoroughly schooled.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The girl was from New Jersey, where parents are not required to inform the government of their intent to home-school a child and where a lack of state oversight means many children go un-schooled.
    — Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of schooled
Verb
  • Brown drilled a corner 3 with one second remaining, forcing overtime at 117.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The bigger habit, though, is the one her mother drilled in long before SPF was mainstream.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of drilled
Adjective
  • Prosecutors allege Maduro ordered political opponents detained and tortured, received regular updates on interrogations and instructed officials to intensify abuse.
    — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In July, President Lee Jae Myung, a liberal, instructed officials to explore ways to allow women to use the two-drug combination pack.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructed
Verb
  • Already offputting, Reid’s performance of Rapp’s dawning realizations — flipping from dismissive skepticism to feverish belief with little in between — grows less grounded by the minute.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Witty, bitter, flamboyant, and emotionally grounded, the dialogue swings, delightfully, between intimate exchanges and grandiloquent soliloquies, capturing the vulnerability of idealists in the face of evil.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of grounded
Adjective
  • Acevedo’s debut pic follows Andrés, a young Chilean muleteer and self-taught musician who leaves his hometown to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician in Mexico.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Primarily self-taught, Drexler often worked at an intimate scale, mostly for practical reasons.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of self-taught
Verb
  • Sorrells said that his opponent’s assessment is Ill-informed.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Defense Department personnel may not make any financial transaction informed by nonpublic information, regardless of whether that information is classified or unclassified, Hegseth wrote.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of informed
Adjective
  • BlackRock, the largest asset manager on earth, put up $100 million over five years to connect 50,000 workers with skilled trades training.
    — Alok Chanani, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Kacmarek, a skilled run blocker, permitted the first sack of his career.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of skilled
Verb
  • After Texas launched its education savings accounts this year, Albaugh’s children were among at least 78 Covenant students who qualified for the program.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Olivers qualified for 100 gallons of free heating oil through a local community center, help worth about $700.
    — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of qualified
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