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as in masters
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps
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as in realizes
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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as in finds
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 memorizes
to commit to memory
he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke
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Recent Examples of learns
One brain, many tasks Motubrain is designed as a unified multimodal model that learns from video, language, and action simultaneously.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
As the group heads down the coast, Amy learns more and more about Vivien with every stop.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
As their mutual competitiveness grows shockingly ugly, Niall learns to turn Ruben’s Samsonian strength and fury against him, knocking down the pillars of Ruben’s own life.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
And although the brain learns in various ways, one particular idea has dominated for more than 70 years.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
The Raiders signed veteran Kirk Cousins earlier this offseason as a bridge starter while Mendoza learns and develops.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Rosie is piecing together Sam’s true identity herself and learns of his murderous past.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
The question of who owns what the system learns has been a sticking point in similar deals across the industry.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
After all, though the two are conversing on her birthday, the audience learns that Robert died a week prior.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
As the group heads down the coast, Amy learns more and more about Vivien with every stop.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
As their mutual competitiveness grows shockingly ugly, Niall learns to turn Ruben’s Samsonian strength and fury against him, knocking down the pillars of Ruben’s own life.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
And although the brain learns in various ways, one particular idea has dominated for more than 70 years.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
The Raiders signed veteran Kirk Cousins earlier this offseason as a bridge starter while Mendoza learns and develops.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Rosie is piecing together Sam’s true identity herself and learns of his murderous past.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
The question of who owns what the system learns has been a sticking point in similar deals across the industry.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
After all, though the two are conversing on her birthday, the audience learns that Robert died a week prior.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for learns
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Levy masters one hilarious perplexed comedic reaction after another as Nicky, a closeted pastor with a zany, highly dysfunctional family.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The future belongs to the developer who masters the ability to break down human expertise into reusable agent skills.—
Mohith Shrivastava,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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As Firecracker realizes during a marketing brainstorm with VP Ashley Barrett, Oh Father, Vought producer Courtenay Fortney, and the Worm, the basic values of Jesus Christ don’t sell anymore.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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Upon finding an obscure Latin translation of Howard’s in Nancy’s notebook, Mary realizes the two were having an affair before her death and confronts Howard, who vehemently denies any involvement with Nancy.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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Johnson finds a disturbing manuscript raising questions about the author’s mental state.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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From glossy flagships and chaotic Don Quijote megastores (also known as Donki) to drugstores like Matsumoto Kiyoshi and Cocokara Fine, Japan is full of great beauty finds.—
Anita Bhagwandas,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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Inside his suite, Jed memorizes the code to Roper’s safe, which holds the arms trade certificate, then quietly shares the number with Pine (allowing Burr to access it from the hotel) when the whole group visits a local casino.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Rodriguez is happy to see things coming together as conference play gets into full swing.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the final cut, Mabel accidentally stumbles upon research being done by her biology professor (Kathy Najimy), discovers the technology, and hijacks a robot beaver.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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The sequel dives further into the curse as a new generation of Owens women discovers the secret of their family history.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Where Wiseman locates emotion is in the use of the camera, the shifts in filmmaking style, especially as the movie, for a brief moment, flips to color.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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Chaffee County Anyone who locates any items believed to belong to Sites, or has any information about his whereabouts, is asked to please leave the items untouched and call Chaffee County Dispatch at 719-539-2596.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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And yet these two disorders may have the same underlying causes, as Traynor and Rosa Rademakers, a neurogeneticist who studies FTD, and their respective colleagues discovered independently in 2011.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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Ben Hatton, an analyst at CCS Insight who studies emerging consumer technologies, said reliability remains a key challenge.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Learns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learns. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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