How to Use elementary in a Sentence

elementary

adjective
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  • He is lacking even the most elementary notions of fairness.
  • The researchers made an elementary error.
  • He has an elementary understanding of calculus.
  • One is that the course is just elementary easy – like show up and get your A, easy.
    — Derek Newton, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The Bible had been on the shelves in about seven to eight elementary and junior high schools in the district.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2023
  • The elementary students picked up their sticks, and the game began.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • So the group proposed that the city combine the two elementary schools and turn NTA into a high school.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The middle school team has 14 players, while the elementary team has 10.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Remember, this is Legoland, steered to the 2-to-12-year-old set, so the tasks are fairly elementary.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • High-needs elementary schools in the West End and south Louisville are among the least vaccinated.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Each of the six schools in the district, including three elementary schools, will have an AR-15, the sheriff said.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Most of the whooping cough cases in the Boise School District have been in its elementary and high schools, Hollar said.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There are two elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school.
    — Elizabeth Heckman, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The youngest patients were the last to get access to vaccines after the approval of elementary-age shots last fall.
    — al, 19 June 2022
  • In the district’s elementary schools, the extra time is used for longer lessons in core subjects such as reading and math.
    — Ben Chapman, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Chunks of the West End are assigned to one of three networks, which include a handful of elementary schools.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Police described the father as having five children between elementary and high school age who were in the area at the time of the fall.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 3 July 2023
  • Now, all 27 elementary schools in the district have seen a dip in enrollment.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The school system will have 34 elementary schools, nine middle schools and 10 high schools in session.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The children appeared to range from elementary to middle school-aged, the release said.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • Summer school at her son’s Fillmore elementary campus ends at noon and doesn’t span the full break.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • More than one in five New York City elementary schools had fewer than 300 students last school year.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In the 30-second clip, a mother helps dress her elementary-aged son for the first day of school, buttoning his shirt and tying his shoes.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 15 Aug. 2022
  • For at least 10 elementary and middle schools, the latest buses arrived at the school around 5 p.m.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The idea is to paint a portrait of an America of the future with sane gun laws and no need for active-shooter drills in elementary schools.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 26 May 2022
  • The state has not yet released scores for elementary and middle schoolers; those will come Aug. 16.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
  • Around 6 feet of snow covered the roads to the camps where about 600 elementary and middle school students had been staying since Tuesday.
    — Nathan Solisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But on the same day, a gunman murders 19 elementary-school children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
    — Vanessa A. Bee, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2022
  • For now, the focus is on elementary schools, Melgares said.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Even an elementary digital project will demonstrate hands-on experience with digital tools and creative engagement with issues in the field.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

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