trade school

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Recent Examples of trade school It was always expected that my siblings and I would either go to college or trade school. R29 Team, Refinery29, 15 Sep. 2025 Wesley Gratzer earned his FFA American Degree by way of Wyotech, a trade school focused on auto and diesel skills in Laramie, Wyoming. Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025 Pillar points to the report, which found that 76% of Gen Z say college was actively encouraged in high school, but only 31% remember trade school even being mentioned. Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Maxey is enrolling in a trade school to become an electrician. Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trade school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade school
Noun
  • When determining the best suburb for each state, Niche examined factors such as public school grades, crime and safety, cost of living, family amenities and diversity, among other things.
    Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Funds from the Walk have also enabled public school education foundation to reduce class sizes; update labs, libraries and facilities, and protect teachers’ jobs.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The relationship goes back to Mahomes’ high school days in Whitehouse, Texas.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • On Thursday night, meanwhile, high school student and aspiring dermatologist Mailyn Marsh, of Missouri, was named this year’s Miss Teen USA, a companion title for contestants aged 14 to 19.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • As the mean girl of the town's junior high school, Amber uses her popularity to hurt Kat instead of treating her nicely.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • George Clinton and the Parliaments played at my junior high school.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nearly three-quarters of the 119 million girls out of school worldwide are of secondary school-age, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Girls were notably banned from secondary school the next month, meaning that online education became one of the last avenues of hope.
    Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Brody has been married to Meester, who joins season 2 as Joanne's former middle school nemesis named Abby, since February 2014.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • He was involved in basketball through middle school, baseball through his freshman year and football through being a junior.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other potential changes could include moving to a four-day school week or closing an elementary school, per the district.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Now an apartment complex, the former elementary school is known for the dramatic scene in which Max, Dani and Allison tried (and failed) to burn the Sanderson sisters alive in the school's furnace.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.
    Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.
    Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025

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“Trade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trade%20school. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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