Sentences with 'academy'

Example sentences and phrases with the word academy and other words derived from it.

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« Once in office, President Adams adopted Clay's American System and proposed a national university and naval academy to train the future leaders of the republic. »
« When Hoyle announced his latest findings at a meeting of scientists at the Royal Society (the UK's national academy of science) in London and asked if anyone had any doubts, Hawking rose slowly to his feet, leaning on a cane. »
« Louis XIV created important theatre companies, founded France's first scientific academy and supported the Académie Française, the body dedicated to preserving the purity of the French language founded earlier by Richelieu (during Louis XIV's reign, the Académie published the first official dictionary of French). »
« It was not an elaborate game: anyone who wanted to "get" something from the royal government (e.g. have a son appointed as an army officer, join an elite royal academy of scholars, secure a lucrative royal pension, serve as a diplomat abroad, etc.) had to convince the king and his officials that he was witty, poised, elegant and respected at court. »

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