academia
noun
ac·a·de·mia
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Definition of academia
: the life, community, or world of teachers, schools, and education : academe
scientists in industry and academia a career in academia
Examples of academia in a Sentence
She found the business world very different from academia.
Recent Examples on the Web
The scholarship helped me discover a world of opportunities outside of academia for people like me with nontraditional backgrounds to make a successful transition to journalism. — Lena V. Groeger, ProPublica, "ProPublica Programs Are Helping Diverse Candidates Break Into Newsrooms. Here Are Their Inspiring Stories.," 21 Aug. 2019 But rather than turn her back on academia, Shue returned to Harvard 12 years later, finally getting her diploma. — Isaac Feldberg, BostonGlobe.com, "Superheroes go bad in Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ — but Elisabeth Shue’s pulling the strings," 26 July 2019 Tonya left academia briefly in 2014 to start a business: The Urban Chalkboard, a play café in Carmel that allows children to play while parents work or relax. — Zach Horrall, Indianapolis Star, "How Tonya Bergeson-Dana coped with the loss of husband Paul Dana after Indy car wreck," 29 June 2019 Robert Folkenflik earned a reputation for being fanatical about helping students find postgraduate work in the competitive world of academia. — Daily Pilot, "Robert Folkenflik, UCI English professor emeritus and longtime Laguna Beach resident, dies at 80," 23 July 2019 And in the world of academia, the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy is producing some of the most interesting work in the field. — Natasha Frost, Quartz, "How to keep up with the future of philanthropy," 20 July 2019 Wheelock is a veteran of state government, academia, private business and philanthropy who is respected by both Democrats and Republicans. — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, "Still wondering why all that DHS drama? We pressed the new commissioner about it. Here’s our Q and A.," 19 July 2019 That’s when Erlich finally retired from his influential job running the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, and moved on to the confines of academia. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "Former union boss continues crusade at Harvard with new labor report," 25 June 2019 Scientists tinker with chemical formulas, using all manner of exotic materials, only for that research to fade into the dusty annals of academia. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "New Lithium Metal Batteries Can Power Drones for Longer (and It Could Change Everything)," 16 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'academia.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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