edu
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of edu
First recorded in 1985–90; by shortening of education ( def. ) or educational ( def. )
Example Sentences
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YouTube sought to close the 80 million-hour-per-day viewing gap between school days and weekends, according to a 2016 document entitled “YouTube edu opportunities”: “Increasing usage in schools M-F could decrease this gap!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
My Green River email account ends in. edu.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2021
Our school occasionally put them in regular edu with support of 1:1 aide, Resource Room twice a day, and remendial Reading Program.
From New York Times • May 24, 2012
Emil had a good edu cation and then went to work in his uncle's prosperous coal business.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tenn. History of Methodism in Tenn. McGarvey, John William, 1829- cl., edu.
From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Manly, Louise
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