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Synonyms

continuing education

American

[kuhn-tin-yoo-ing ej-oo-kay-shuhn] / kənˈtɪn ju ɪŋ ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

educational resources designed for adults and provided outside the traditional school or college system, generally offered on a flexible or part-time basis: adult education.

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continuing education

Its programs are no different from other continuing education programs that judges choose to attend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

A cursory glance at your savings, which total $2.6 million, suggests you have both the opportunity and the privilege of funding your daughter’s continuing education.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 5, 2026

Today, Dodgen-Magee is a psychologist and teaches continuing education units for other practitioners.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

The Concussion Alliance designed a continuing education course on patient-centered concussion care for primary care providers and emergency physicians.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2024

He then drove straight to Bakersfield College, where he picked up a brochure for the Career Pathway program, which was a continuing education opportunity for people over the age of thirty.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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