academy
noun
a secondary or high school, especially a private one.
academies
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pluralof academy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Antoine Semenyo was rejected by several academies before Bristol City spotted him playing college football.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Three of these are the honorific academies, with elected membership earned, permanent and under no obligation to produce reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
If the academies want to speak with the authority of thousands, they should let those thousands be heard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Commenting generally, rather than on individual academies, he told us that pupils soon realise they have to get into the habit of meeting expectations.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Though exhausted, ill, and anxious about the voyage ahead, they carried evidence of a vast, teeming, interconnected ecosystem of plants and insects, the likes of which the great European academies had never seen.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
