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as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the most erudite people in medical research attended the conference an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astronomy
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as in literary
suggestive of the vocabulary used in books
the erudite language of a textbook on philosophy
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Recent Examples of erudite
The Buenos Aires Reader, a comprehensive anthology enriched by its editors’ erudite commentaries, captures the Argentine capital’s evolution through contributions in art, food, music, soccer, and much else.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Obsessed, Johanne puts her experiences down on paper and entrusts the results to her grandmother, Karin (Anne Marit Jacobsen), an erudite poet living among packed bookshelves.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
That Neil Gaiman was gracious, erudite, brilliant, and concerned for others.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
And many obsolete terms and legal words that can flummox even the most erudite readers.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Obsessed, Johanne puts her experiences down on paper and entrusts the results to her grandmother, Karin (Anne Marit Jacobsen), an erudite poet living among packed bookshelves.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
That Neil Gaiman was gracious, erudite, brilliant, and concerned for others.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
And many obsolete terms and legal words that can flummox even the most erudite readers.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erudite
Adjective
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Ensuring that our state’s children are literate has a profound impact on Illinois’ future workforce, economy and safety.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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This makes one wish that policymakers (and others among the intellectual elite) were far more literate in economics.—
Richard Lorenc,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2025
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The magazine delves into a wide range of topics, spanning language, race, gender, sexuality and other literary genres.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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For those who want a side of learning with their escapist fare, April offers a trove of new mysteries with literary, musical, and historical underpinnings.—
Yvonne Zipp,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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Obstacles to home ownership left Black families poorer and less educated than whites, disparities that helped to drive lower rates of voter turnout among Blacks in southern states than in the rest of the country until the 1990s, and lower turnout than whites until the 2008 election.—
Made by History,
TIME,
25 Mar. 2025
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Through collaboration, everyone from vets to pet parents can start embracing AI for better pet health outcomes: getting rid of Dr. Google, anxiety and moving toward a more educated and conscious way to treat pets and their diseases and needs.—
Massimiliano Melis,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.—
Cyril Labbé,
The Conversation,
31 Jan. 2025
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Federal law prohibits universities from discussing individual students' disciplinary records, but the University takes these violations of our rules and scholarly norms seriously.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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The lighting is sufficient for patrons to take it all in, and the sound level, despite the size of the room, has been successfully brought down to a civilized level.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Even a hearing on the proposal to arm school staff is equal parts passionate and civilized, as the majority gun-owning constituents don’t all agree that the Second Amendment should extend to the classroom.—
Lauren Wissot,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Erudite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erudite. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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