1
as in to master
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps
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2
as in to realize
to come to an awareness of
the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely
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3
as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school
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as in to memorize
to commit to memory
he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke
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Recent Examples of learn
Employees like our new machine learning engineer will be able to keep working productively, but their salary will benefit another country.
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Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The rest of us, however, will have to learn to navigate a world in which seeing is rarely believing.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
In the ensuing years, as part of her own therapeutic journey toward peace (and even love again), Wilkins says she’s learned an important lesson.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Kaplan recommended that Velasquez speak to the city’s planning department to learn more about the approval process.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The rest of us, however, will have to learn to navigate a world in which seeing is rarely believing.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
In the ensuing years, as part of her own therapeutic journey toward peace (and even love again), Wilkins says she’s learned an important lesson.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Kaplan recommended that Velasquez speak to the city’s planning department to learn more about the approval process.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Emily Austin has mastered the art of mixing both sports and political talk into a career.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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From canning tomatoes to mastering yeast rises, these culinary arts combine utility with pleasure.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Portable Charger There’s nothing worse than getting halfway through a long sightseeing day and realizing that your phone is on its last leg.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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When people realized that the blue photons were firing at them not only from their devices but from every light bulb, there was a rush to avoid bright white LEDs altogether.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Police found a firearm in the vehicle, the release says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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The child was found by her mother three hours later, with internal vehicle temperatures having reached over 108 degrees.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Most language-learning apps focus on memorizing words rather than speaking them.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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Drivers don't use maps, having the directions from station to station memorized during their training.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ciske has also gotten creative in making sure kids can keep coming with their guardians.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The company got Turkish movie legend Mehmet Çevik as a pitchman.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Authorities then discovered De Silva suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Bishop discovered that former Rangers defender Connor Goldson, now playing in Cyprus, had a similar problem earlier in his career.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In addition to locating victims’ remains, the on-site work involved removing and disposing of explosives that didn’t detonate in the blast.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the show, Marshall says his father moved to Eerie to study it as the most normal city in the United States.—
Jenny Porter Tilley,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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After studying her pictures, Walter realized that the corona was not homogeneous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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