as in secondary school
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Recent Examples of primary school
The primary school layout also has an endearing charm, as each office was once a classroom for kids.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Over recent years 70,000 primary school teachers across England and Wales have also been given access to free resources to protect our planet, through Premier League Primary Stars, a program to inspire young people aged 5 to 11 years old.
—Claire Poole, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The public transit system that primary school students rely on is the same one that parents, employees, medical patients and college graduates rely on.
—Holly Arnold, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Over recent years 70,000 primary school teachers across England and Wales have also been given access to free resources to protect our planet, through Premier League Primary Stars, a program to inspire young people aged 5 to 11 years old.
—Claire Poole, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The public transit system that primary school students rely on is the same one that parents, employees, medical patients and college graduates rely on.
—Holly Arnold, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for primary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- common school
- senior high school
- middle school
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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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In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in connection with the 1997 rape of a Rogers elementary school teacher, according to previous reports from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Parker Mancino,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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Plans call for work to be done at Kimball and Kenyon Woods middle schools and Century Oaks and Glenbrook elementary schools as the district moves sixth-grade classes into middle schools and adds early learning centers at elementary schools, among other changes.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 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 Australian high school student, now 14, had only performed in one school play before deciding to put herself out there for Bring Her Back, a horror movie from directors Danny and Michael Phiippou, the twisted minds behind 2023’s Talk to Me.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Díaz began his career as a social-studies teacher and coached baseball in Miami-Dade County public schools.—
Dara Kam,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2025
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Led by its first-rate public schools, Johns Creek ranks No. 24 in our analysis for quality of life.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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Baker’s 14-year-old daughter and Todd’s 14-year-old son were both in the junior high school class that Evans was teaching at the time, the mothers said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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Isabel’s dedication to her craft is evident in her commitment to vocal training in both classical voice and musical theatre, having worked with her current voice teacher since junior high school.—
Heide Janssen,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
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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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Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Dec. 2024
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Who was Jonelle Matthews? Jonelle was a 12-year-old middle school student living in Greeley with her parents, Jim Matthews and Gloria Matthews, and her older sister, Jennifer Mogensen.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Philip can read at a middle school level, Kristin said.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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