Thesaurus results for EDUCTION

eduction

noun

Definition of eduction

as in deduction

an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning the policeman's eduction was that there was more than one murderer involved

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Recent Examples of eduction And this month, Aetrex partnered with the IMG Academy, the world’s leading sports eduction brand, to install five Albert Pro foot scanners across the IMG campus in Bradenton, Fla. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 26 June 2026 Other services from the nonprofit include peer support, public eduction and advocacy of policies to prevent suicide among LBGTQ+ youth. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026 Most of the obscenely immense rules governing eduction should also be given the heave-ho. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Yes, clubs have fallen foul of slightly breaking Premier League rules in the past and have received points deductions as a result.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
City now faces severe sanctions that could include a huge points deduction or even expulsion from the league, causing heavy reputational damage to its Abu Dhabi ownership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of deduction

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The assumed inference is that travelers rely on Google for their travel needs and that informative brochures and knowledgeable attendants are a quaint idea that has outlived its usefulness.

— Frank Hosek, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
According to McKinsey, inference is set to surpass training as the most dominant workload in AI data centers by the end of the decade.

— Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of inference

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And your job as a writer is to put some order onto those pieces, but not necessarily to draw some giant conclusion about them.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
The league, however, did not publicly identify the standard used to reach that conclusion.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of conclusion

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But the investigation is ongoing, and no final determination has been made.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Colfax Mayor Caroline McCully said the opening represents the culmination of years of work and determination by people who believed in the project and the community.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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