as in learned
suggestive of the vocabulary used in books
the novel's dialogue is a little too literary in flavor to be entirely convincing
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Recent Examples of literary
The author of 21 books, including literary works about Barack Obama, Tupac Shakur and Malcolm X, Dyson has written extensively about King and penned two books about his life and legacy, according to a press release about the event on Monday.
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
But Rebecca Finlay, the CEO of Partnership on AI, a tech nonprofit which counts Amazon, Google and Microsoft among its founders, said while the courts will eventually decide how literary works are protected and used, the AI rights licensing model is useful to the industry in the meantime.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
Rickey Fayne has a debut novel coming out this summer, and it's poised to take the literary world by storm.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Besides, learning literary discrimination requires exposure to a range of materials.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
But Rebecca Finlay, the CEO of Partnership on AI, a tech nonprofit which counts Amazon, Google and Microsoft among its founders, said while the courts will eventually decide how literary works are protected and used, the AI rights licensing model is useful to the industry in the meantime.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
Rickey Fayne has a debut novel coming out this summer, and it's poised to take the literary world by storm.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Besides, learning literary discrimination requires exposure to a range of materials.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literary
Adjective
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The bottom line: Football and books — the recipe for a more learned and literate America.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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Although resource guarding is an innate behavior for some dogs, others might develop it as a learned behavior.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The college experience still offers intellectual development, mentorship, and access to opportunities that AI can’t replicate.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Clark is a recent graduate of Athlete Leadership University, a collegiate-style program for athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities.—
Sarah Kelly,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Other academic analyses, most released as preprint studies that have not yet been peer-reviewed, have reported similarly impressive results.—
Lauren Leffer,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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Department Closures And Consolidations Several academic departments and programs will be combined, downsized, and/or eliminated.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The story is about a bookish Black girl, in love with English literature (and the emotionally indecipherable white professor teaching it) at a predominantly white university in 1949, losing her childhood illusions — and then, in a gothic twist, losing much more.—
Scott Brown,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2022
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Bryce Young is bookish, too.—
Joseph Goodman | [email protected],
al,
9 Dec. 2022
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This perhaps comes through most clearly in the film’s surprisingly considerate treatment of religion, especially in a scholastic environment.—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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Here is an important one: Were the poll respondents made aware of the actual number of transgender students participating in scholastic sports relative to the overall number of students participating in those programs, based upon either local, state, or national statistics?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That influence is palpable in Hudson’s playing, which is marked by unexpected, almost counterintuitive little figures; his style was erudite, but teasing.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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These posts delivered a snapshot of his worldview in this period: idiosyncratic, erudite and angry with little room for moderation.—
Joshua Kaplan,
ProPublica,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Literary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literary. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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