continuing education

noun

: formal courses of study for adult part-time students

called also adult education

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Responding to calls for improved nutrition education for physicians, these stores could partner with city hospitals to provide continuing education to clinicians. — Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 That is part of the 40 hours of continuing education that social workers need for the renewal of their first license. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 Brasher, 29, and Cruz, 28, have had quite the continuing education in their six years as a partnership, one at LSU and five as professionals. — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026 The continuing education that opens up new views of God to us has no season or registration deadline. — Jenny Sawyer, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for continuing education

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First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of continuing education was in 1927

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“Continuing education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continuing%20education. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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