self-education
Americannoun
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The burden of electronic health records and increased productivity requirements take time away from self-education.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
For the longest time, I’d been thinking about a character who took a childhood pledge of self-education to pursue a dream, and once she’s achieved it, the dream morphs into a nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
NYWell’s search engine and social media ads link to a Web site that provides assistance ranging from self-education and online peer support to more intensive professional care.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2021
He used his semi-seclusion at Walden, which began in July 1845 and ended in September 1847, to pursue an intensive course in self-education, one that required undistracted reading.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2020
He was regarded as an unpromising boy, but a trifling circumstance aroused a passion for reading, and he made great progress in self-education.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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