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Recent Examples of preparatory school
Because the thing is that, According to Mirror, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are now deep into discussions about what will happen to Prince George once his time at preparatory school ends.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2024
Mauldin allegedly committed these offenses while a teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy, a Christian, K-12 college preparatory school in Siloam, approximately 80 miles east of Atlanta.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The Catholic college preparatory school is hoping the addition of new national corporate partners and an enhanced game day experience at Santa Ana Stadium will ease pressure in its ongoing fundraising efforts.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 660 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2024
Mauldin allegedly committed these offenses while a teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy, a Christian, K-12 college preparatory school in Siloam, approximately 80 miles east of Atlanta.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The Catholic college preparatory school is hoping the addition of new national corporate partners and an enhanced game day experience at Santa Ana Stadium will ease pressure in its ongoing fundraising efforts.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 660 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preparatory school
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When Buckley arrived, a quarter of Yale students were legacies, and a third had gone to prep schools.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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By the turn of the century, even elite prep schools were starting to recruit international players.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
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If Stephanie doesn’t end her reign of terror, Charlie will send the photo to Stephanie’s parents and every elite boarding school in the area.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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Some smaller, private colleges and boarding schools have come to rely financially on foreign students, who tend to pay full tuition.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The following year, Hardin was charged for a 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher based on DNA taken following his murder conviction.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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Leff taught samba music to students at an elementary school.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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After the show, the garden–which has won a Best in Show Silver-will be relocated to a primary school in Arbroath to inspire creativity and connection with nature.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Founded in 1912, Yoshimoto Kogyo’s Tokyo office is inside an old primary school (shown below).—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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SpaceX got the official launch order on March 7, meaning all the prep work was completed in less than three months.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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Employees were observed eating and drinking in the front kitchen with their drinks stored on shelves above prep surfaces.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University collected county-level data on MMR vaccination rates for kindergarteners from each state’s health department website for the school years before the pandemic (2017-2018) and after (2023-2024).—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
2 June 2025
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In 2021, Bopp represented 8 IU students who sued the school because of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but a federal court rejected their request for an injunction.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Dear Eric: An old high school girlfriend of my husband’s (more than 40 years) creates social media posts about him and tags him, including photos of him or of the two of them together.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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The childhood Dodgers fan, who went to high school in Los Angeles, also totaled eight hits, zero walks, three strikeouts and 75 pitches in his first loss of the year.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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“Preparatory school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preparatory%20school. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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