as in considered
decided on as a result of careful thought
a studied move by the company that was designed to put the competition out of business
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as in researched
to use the mind to acquire knowledge
you'll have to study hard and learn all about the Revolutionary War in order to pass the history test
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as in learned
to commit to memory
having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly
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as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to
scientists who study the origin of the universe
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Recent Examples of studied
Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
The Cuban example The Cuban exile community offers, perhaps, the most studied example of diaspora political mobilization.
—Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Ajax’s lead asset is an investigational, once daily, oral Type II JAK2 inhibitor that’s being studied in a Phase 1 trial in patients with the rare blood cancer myelofibrosis who previously were treated with a Type 1 JAK2 inhibitor.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Hell’s greatest feat, however, is a studied transposition of the infamous affair between the nineteenth-century French poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud onto the lives of Vaughn and Wode.
—Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
The Cuban example The Cuban exile community offers, perhaps, the most studied example of diaspora political mobilization.
—Michael Paarlberg, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Verb
Reed Hastings, cofounder, former CEO, and now chairman of the board at Netflix, studied AI and computer science back in the 1980s.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Ajax’s lead asset is an investigational, once daily, oral Type II JAK2 inhibitor that’s being studied in a Phase 1 trial in patients with the rare blood cancer myelofibrosis who previously were treated with a Type 1 JAK2 inhibitor.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for studied
Adjective
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And, ultimately, being a writer who borrows from life is something that should be gone about in a considered way, because life matters.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2026
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Nussmeier considered entering last year’s draft but returned to LSU and had a nightmare season that ended with a November abdominal injury.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This virtuosically researched book weaves together Nović’s own history with that of the disability rights movement in America (among others).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Like the rest of women’s health, female athletes are under-researched and have had training and recovery protocols that were built for male athletes.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Participants learned the locations of fifty objects; each was associated with a distinct noise.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Investigators later learned Hissom and her male passenger, who was wounded, were caught in a crossfire as a group of four or five men grabbed weapons from a vehicle and began firing at each other.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The philosopher Biggie Smalls once pondered the nature of dangerously escalating rivalries.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Standing alone in a Swedish laundromat, Alfie Whiteman set a 10-second timer on his camera and pondered what to do next.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The space agency arguably took a smart, calculated risk, though some experts vocally criticized the decision to fly.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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This was a calculated attempt to terrorize people because of their faith.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The mRNA technology involves producing individualized vaccines, developed after patients have their pancreatic tumors removed and analyzed.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Celonis analyzed the 5,000 delivery runs a day the brewery was executing, worked out how to make the runs more efficient, and reduced the number of journeys by 17%.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Think of it as the difference between a player who memorized every play in the book and one who reads the game in real time.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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That human-bear who memorized lines of poetry as a circus trick grew out of an old Russian fairy tale.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Leonard’s deal with Aspiration occurred as Ballmer invested in the company and as the Clippers and Aspiration signed deals that contemplated a $300 million partnership for Aspiration to sponsor the Clippers’ arena and the team’s jersey patch.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The presence of the Sussexes would detract from that, and so, it cannot be contemplated.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Studied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/studied. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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