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"learning" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often education (9 letters).
Definitions
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
Word origin
From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.
Used in a sentence
“The department head was also a scholar of great learning.”
““We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.””
“I'm learning to ride a unicycle.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Gaining knowledge”8 letters
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