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• plural of art.

arts

British  

/ ɑːts /

plural noun

1. 1. imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, esp as studied academically

   2. ( as modifier )

      an arts degree

2. See fine art

3. cunning or crafty actions or plots; schemes

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Explanation

The arts are subjects that you study in school which have some artistic or social aspect, rather than being purely practical or job-related. If you major in English and minor in music, you're studying the arts. University subjects and separate colleges — and often even the degrees they award — are sometimes divided into arts and sciences. The arts include things like dance and photography, but also subjects such as Latin or religion. Sciences include, obviously, science, but also more professional and occupational studies. The root of arts is the Latin ars, "art."

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“Cutting fine arts feels like a red line to me,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Later, during my brief stint in seminary — I dropped out to head to a liberal arts college after a semester — women sometimes joked about pursuing their “MRS. degrees.”

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Particularly when we’re in a time where arts education programs are being cut from a lot of our schools, so the traditional pathways of engagement to the arts are not there.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"As a publicly funded museum, the British Museum has a responsibility to make sure the arts is for the many, not the few."

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

As mentioned in Chapter 1, education assessment for all subjects and the arts has undergone significant change over the past 30 years, from No Child Left Behind to the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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