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Synonyms: Adjective
academic (also academical), educational, intellectual, scholarly
Antonyms: Adjective
nonacademic, noneducational, unacademic, unscholarly
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Examples of scholastic in a Sentence
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a college that gives a higher priority to scholastic endeavors than to athletic pursuitsRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Josh is the guy on the team everyone looks up to, the model of persistence, leadership and scholastic achievement. — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, "Making Nick Saban and Alabama football great comes at painful cost," 21 Aug. 2019 The youth and scholastic market, though, is far larger. — Ken Belson, New York Times, "Touch Football, Sold as Safer, Now Requires a Helmet," 20 Aug. 2019 In addition to his many scholastic honors, including a PhD, Halaas was most proud of being welcomed into the Crazy Dogs, one of six Northern Cheyenne military societies. — Dick Kreck, The Denver Post, "David Halaas, leader in preserving Sand Creek Massacre site, dies," 14 Aug. 2019 Shared experiences shape closer friendships and some friendships resulted from scholastic competition. — Joshua Burrell, baltimoresun.com, "Joshua Burrell: Growing up black in Columbia," 1 Aug. 2019 Her first exposure to scholastic bowl competition came in junior high at St. Mary’s in Riverside. — Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, "Nora O'Connor brings next-level intellect to Fenwick softball," 25 Apr. 2018 Until last year, winning a regional spelling bee was the only way that children from across the U.S. could be invited to—and win—the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, an iconic scholastic competition held since 1925. — Shalini Shankar, WSJ, "At the Spelling Bee, a New Word Is M-O-N-E-Y," 24 May 2019 His involvement in the scholastic chess circuit kept her head in the game for years. — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, "Chess is credited with helping change Westlake Park for the better. Meet one of Westlake’s regulars.," 15 July 2019 Louisville coaches were in attendance at scholastic events during two new June evaluation weekends added to the revamped 2018-19 summer recruiting calendar. — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, "Big Board 4.0: Louisville basketball's 2020 recruiting targets," 27 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
All-scholastics Colin Babineau Braintree | Senior The senior was fifth overall at the state championship with 43.5 points, including a second-place finish on pommel horse (7.2). — BostonGlobe.com, "2018-19 Boys' Gymnastics All-Scholastics," 10 June 2019 All-scholastics Margot Appleton Portsmouth Abbey | Sophomore The two-time Eastern Independent League MVP from Mattapoisett matched her older brother, Davy, with first-place finishes at the EIL and New England Prep Division 3 races. — BostonGlobe.com, "2018-19 Girls' Cross-country All-Scholastics," 10 June 2019 Interviews and scholastics make up the other 50 percent. — Michael Dumas, al.com, "Dora Guo of Illinois reigns as DYW 2019," 29 June 2019 There are about 16,000 Jesuit priests, brothers, scholastics and novices worldwide, according to the Society of Jesus website. — Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, "Brebeuf Jesuit Indianapolis controversy: What are Jesuits?," 20 June 2019 All-scholastics Brian Brennan St. John’s Prep | Senior Brennan, a senior midfielder, earned All-New England honors after leading the Eagles to the Division 1 semifinals and a North sectional title. — BostonGlobe.com, "2017-18 Boys' Soccer All-Scholastics," 7 May 2018 All-scholastics Lucas Aramburu Aramburu placed third at the All-State meet with a time of 15:45. — BostonGlobe.com, "2017-18 Boys' Cross-country All-Scholastics," 7 May 2018 All-scholastics Gabrielle Bailey Lawrence Academy | Junior A 6-foot-1 junior outside hitter from Westborough, Bailey was the Independent League MVP in her first season for the Spartans (8-1). — BostonGlobe.com, "2017-18 Girls' Volleyball All-Scholastics," 7 May 2018 All-scholastics Nicole Bonacorso Masconomet | Sophomore The sophomore finished third in the all-around at the North Sectional led by a second-place score of 9.325 on the floor exercise. — BostonGlobe.com, "2017-18 Girls' Gymnastics All-Scholastics," 7 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scholastic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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