elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Video from Fox 11 News showed the elementary school engulfed in flames.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But then a nearby elementary school caught fire, sending flames dancing onto the roadway and forcing her to turn her car around.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The three games are brought up in the court filing, which was part of a lawsuit about the Uvalde Texas elementary school shooting that was filed against Activision.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Video from Fox 11 News showed the elementary school engulfed in flames.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But then a nearby elementary school caught fire, sending flames dancing onto the roadway and forcing her to turn her car around.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The three games are brought up in the court filing, which was part of a lawsuit about the Uvalde Texas elementary school shooting that was filed against Activision.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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