scholarly pursuits

collocation in English

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scholarly
adjective
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/ˈskɒl.ə.li/us
/ˈskɑː.lɚ.li/
containing a serious, detailed study of ...
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pursuit
noun
uk
/pəˈsjuːt/us
/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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Rather, he was motivated by the data, and by thescholarlypursuitof knowledge about species in which he found fascination.
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While much had been accomplished during the preceding decade, the new field of industrial archaeology was still struggling to gain acceptance as a truescholarlypursuit.
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This theme deserves further research, and might be explored through other avenues for cultural patronage, such as performance art, literary interests, scholarly pursuits and gardening.
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This is not a self-interested political activism, extraneous to scholarly pursuits.
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In 8 verses of four lines, the author compares the cat's activities with his own scholarly pursuits.
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However, after running into trouble with the authorities, he renounced his old ways and took up scholarly pursuits.
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Her early childhood was not all scholarly pursuits.
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Until 1933, he devoted his spare time to scholarly pursuits.
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Applications of this curriculum perspective are evident in many scholarly pursuits including the discourse and inquiry around the expansion of knowledge.
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The law school's professors are engaged in important scholarly pursuits.
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For three years from the end of 1856, he focused on the duties of his new office and his scholarly pursuits.
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He remained active in scholarly pursuits until his death in 1981.
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He was as successful in his legal, business and political affairs as he was in his collecting and scholarly pursuits.
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Kalibs primary research and scholarly pursuits, therefore, gradually returned to his lifelong passion for the traditional art music of the synagogue.
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He passed the civil service exams with top honors in 1534 and continued his scholarly pursuits whilst working for the government.
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His lifelong diffidence regarding scholarly pursuits was already evident, but he finally settled on modern languages for his degree.
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Uneducated inmates often found scholarly pursuits like reading to be too strenuous in addition to everything else they had to endure.
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Afterwards, he focused on scholarly pursuits, for which he became the most known.
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For centuries, the people had devoted themselves to scholarly pursuits, not to economic production.
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His youthful scholarly pursuits included oil divination, mathematics, reading and writing as well as the usual horsemanship, hunting, chariotry, soldierliness, craftsmanship, and royal decorum.
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