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grammar school

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Recent Examples of grammar school He was born in New York and grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, starting his grammar school’s first newspaper before writing a humor column for the newspaper while a student at Morristown High School. — Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 15 June 2026 The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal. — Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026 After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 After Cathedral School, a grammar school across Gough Street, closed, Sacred Heart Cathedral arranged a long-term lease and turned that lot into a too-small grass practice field for football, soccer and lacrosse, called Coach Bill Henneberry Practice Field. — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grammar school

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Noun

Two high school student groups welcomed some concessions but called for protests to continue.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
But Harvie, a former high school social studies teacher and county commissioner, is still a long shot to win.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

Brunt Workwear is looking to outfit trade school students with a set of work boots.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
The 529 accounts are meant to invest for qualified educational expenses, such as college tuition, trade school, and student loans, among other expenses.

— Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of trade school

Noun

Although the breach involves California's public school system, the people whose records were stolen may now live anywhere in the United States.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
School’s Chancellor Kamar Samuels held a moment of silence for the 11-year-old boy, who attended a Bronx public school, at an unrelated event Wednesday night.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of public school

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In a bittersweet essay, Dolores’ daughter Juanita once recalled how her mother forgot to pick her up from junior high school.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Goldee’s was opened in 2020 by former junior high school classmates Jonny White, Jalen Heard and Lane Milne.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

Say your child attended elementary school in Los Angeles before your family relocated to Texas.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
In January 2026, a driverless Waymo struck a nine-year-old pedestrian near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

Billy Idol was on hand as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Save the Music teamed to provide a California middle school with a music education program.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
The case originates from a change in admissions policy that began a decade ago, when a consulting group was hired to evaluate how the school system chose students for its middle school magnet programs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of middle 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

This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.

— Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of senior high school

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