BOARDING SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

boarding school

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as in prep school

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Recent Examples of boarding school Prince George started at the historic boarding school in Berkshire earlier this month, following in the footsteps of his father, who attended the elite school from 1995 to 2000. — Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026 George is keeping in line with the men in his immediate family, though, by attending the all-boys boarding school at Eton, kicking off his first year on September 8. — Alicia Brunker, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 Kahn’s heirs unloaded the place in 1939, a few years after his death, and it was chopped up over the years to serve as retirement housing for city workers, a military training compound, and a boarding school, per Forbes. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026 This year Project Hiu recruited seven more fishers and their boats in a single month, the team deployed nine new shark tags, and the project’s first-ever female scholarship student started boarding school. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boarding school

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Noun

Party host prep school A common host mistake is underestimating the time needed to clean, cook, decorate and set up, Jokilehto said.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
One major question surrounding the issue is what NSU knew about Newell, a 2023 graduate of the college prep school affiliated with NSU and is often referred to as USchool.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of prep school

Noun

The elite preparatory school, first established in 1860, has several facilities for its students, 52 acres of space, and costs over $15,000 per year.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026
In 2011, the school became Bethesda Academy, a college preparatory school for boys in grades 6-12.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of preparatory school

Noun

Avoiding the school Michelle doesn’t see a path forward at the elementary school at this point and is seriously thinking about home schooling both of her boys, and says other parents are considering the same.

— Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
At one elementary school, the share of children on public assistance dropped 9 percent between this school year and last.

— Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of common school

Noun

Tan-Gillespie ultimately stayed with the chain throughout secondary school, later rising to assistant general manager.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

While Usher was off basking in the afterglow of Confessions, maturing into a divorcé in the mid-2000s, the R&B world was already priming itself for a new-school successor.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
Many voters thank him for pulling Serbia from economic obscurity and orchestrating a period of sustained modernisation including new highways, railways, schools and hospitals.

— Reuters, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026

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