as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a military academy an academy of the fine arts
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The short-form categories (nonfiction/reality and comedy/drama/variety) will now be tracked, the academy says, and recognize both original series and those based on or derived from other programming.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
Leading the charge on Starfleet Academy is Hunter, who plays Nahla Ake, the academy's chancellor.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Under a plan officials are considering, two elementary schools would close, the district's virtual academy would shut down for K-8 students and three additional schools would move their seventh and eight grade cohort to a nearby high school by 2028.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2026
By suing the academy, Howe is now seeking judicial review of that decision.
—Clark Kauffman, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026
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If your children do homework at the kitchen table instead of their bedrooms, find a spot to keep school supplies handy.—
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Instead, the program will change where the sales tax dollars go — redirecting dollars that would have otherwise been added to the state’s general fund to pay for highways, schools and other services to pay off the project’s debt and retire the bonds.—
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“Academy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/academy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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