as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
a college that gives a higher priority to scholastic endeavors than to athletic pursuits
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Recent Examples of scholastic
This perhaps comes through most clearly in the film’s surprisingly considerate treatment of religion, especially in a scholastic environment.
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Ryan Swen, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
Here is an important one: Were the poll respondents made aware of the actual number of transgender students participating in scholastic sports relative to the overall number of students participating in those programs, based upon either local, state, or national statistics?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
Sanders won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which is given to the nation’s top quarterback who best exemplifies character, scholastic and athletic achievement.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Starting this scholastic year, the program is donating 175,000 euros to institutions located in the U.S. and U.K. Plans are afoot to expand globally in the future.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Swen, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
Here is an important one: Were the poll respondents made aware of the actual number of transgender students participating in scholastic sports relative to the overall number of students participating in those programs, based upon either local, state, or national statistics?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
Sanders won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which is given to the nation’s top quarterback who best exemplifies character, scholastic and athletic achievement.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Starting this scholastic year, the program is donating 175,000 euros to institutions located in the U.S. and U.K. Plans are afoot to expand globally in the future.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for scholastic
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“Scholastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholastic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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