prep school

noun

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Half of the senior class of Hackley School, a college prep school in Tarrytown, N.Y., in Westchester County, was there. Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025 Known more as a producer of top-end future-NBA talent like Ben Simmons, Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and current Duke phenom Cooper Flagg, you’d be forgiven for thinking the prep school even cared about track and field. Cory Mull, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 Dragged into his chaos are his family, his kid’s elite prep school, an assortment of SV power players and his psychiatrist (Sarah Goldberg). Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025 Surrounded by dancers in pleated skirts and prep school blazers, Queen Latifah broke into a few of her own dance moves while an eager Colman Domingo, Grande and Erivo got into the groove in the front row. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prep school

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First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prep school was in 1829

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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prep%20school. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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