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Recent Examples of grammar school
Orban was a bright student, and his parents sent him to a selective grammar school.
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Paul Lendvai, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
Starmer grew up in Oxted, a town located 20 miles south of London and attended a free grammar school.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 2 June 2024
My earliest memory [of making art] was in grammar school in Newark, N.J.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024
According to the Museum of African American History in Boston, the school fell into disrepair through the years and the Black community petitioned the Boston Primary School Committee for years to desegregate primary and grammar schools in the region.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
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Paul Lendvai, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
Starmer grew up in Oxted, a town located 20 miles south of London and attended a free grammar school.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 2 June 2024
My earliest memory [of making art] was in grammar school in Newark, N.J.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024
According to the Museum of African American History in Boston, the school fell into disrepair through the years and the Black community petitioned the Boston Primary School Committee for years to desegregate primary and grammar schools in the region.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar school
- high school
- trade school
- public school
- junior high school
- elementary school
- middle school
- secondary school
- senior high school
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For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Winning is something both girls are accustomed to in high school.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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About 62% of high school (or equivalent) graduates go on to postsecondary study, which can refer to trade school or a four-year university, the Education Data Initiative, a collective of education data researchers, reports.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
12 Dec. 2024
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Our goal is to prepare high school students for major life decisions that will impact their future, such as college, trade school or a post-high school job.—
Shelby Slade,
The Arizona Republic,
20 Nov. 2024
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The surge in immigrants arriving in Colorado last year softened the enrollment decline in the state’s public schools, which for years have been losing students — and funding — as birth rates fall across the nation.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Republican party and wealthy interests pulled this recall move on Gavin during the pandemic, capitalizing on frustration over public schools being closed.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.—
Jodi S. Cohen,
ProPublica,
25 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.—
Jennifer M. Wood,
WIRED,
5 Nov. 2024
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Video from Fox 11 News showed the elementary school engulfed in flames.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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But then a nearby elementary school caught fire, sending flames dancing onto the roadway and forcing her to turn her car around.—
Jacey Fortin,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Loading your audio article Three men have been sentenced for their roles in the 2018 shooting death of a youth football coach in the parking lot of a middle school in south New Jersey, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae announced Saturday.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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Our officer did not play football past middle school.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Jan. 2025
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The status quo of early morning bells in secondary schools—and somewhat later bells in elementary schools—is biologically backwards.—
Lynne Peeples,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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The series was based on the 2018 novel by Sally Rooney and starred Daisy Edgar-Jones and Mescal as a couple from secondary school to their undergraduate years in college.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2025
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During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Nov. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.—
Madeleine Parrish,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Oct. 2024
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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