at school
idiom
British
: attending school as a student
My parents won't let me get a job while I'm at school.
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Still, by the late 1950s, less than a third of American children received a meal at school.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
About 4 in 10 people supported requiring public school teachers to report to parents if their children are identifying at school as transgender or nonbinary.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
About 4 in 10 people supported requiring public schoolteachers to report to parents if their children are identifying at school as transgender or nonbinary.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
Kids typically eat healthier at school than at home, Schwartz said.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
About 4 in 10 people supported requiring public school teachers to report to parents if their children are identifying at school as transgender or nonbinary.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
About 4 in 10 people supported requiring public schoolteachers to report to parents if their children are identifying at school as transgender or nonbinary.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
Kids typically eat healthier at school than at home, Schwartz said.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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“At school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20school. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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