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The phrase "academy itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the institution or organization being referred to, often in contrast to other entities or aspects related to it.
Example: "The academy itself has made significant strides in promoting diversity and inclusion within its programs."
Alternatives: "the institution itself" or "the organization itself".
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But what about the academy itself?
The academy itself is partly to blame for this image problem.
The broadcast continues to draw a bigger audience than any other awards show, and the academy itself has long since become almost totally dependent on that broadcast's success.
We've even given less-qualified students a backdoor into Annapolis — the Naval Academy Preparatory School, our remedial institution in Newport, R.I., for admitted students who are not prepared to enter the academy itself.
At the center of it all is the academy itself, a mentorship program convened as a kind of Platonic symposium, albeit one whose primary philosophical focus is analog synthesizer sounds and block-rocking beats.
Art and quality aside, the paucity of widely seen movies up for consideration is ominous not just for ABC selling commercial time against the telecast but for the academy itself, rendering it that less culturally relevant.
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The academy concerns itself deeply with truth and excellence.
Pop quickly became an arrogant upstart academy in itself.
The south-east London co-operative academy prides itself on promoting social responsibility, with a keen focus on student leadership.
That sounds like progress, but some astronomers, including the former members of the academy committee itself, have complained that $600 million is less than half of the $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion the academy committee estimated was necessary to do the job.
Should the prize go to older scientists with a lifetime of excellent research behind them or to younger figures who have made a startling discovery?At the start of the first world war, the academy found itself under particular scrutiny.
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