secondary school
noun
: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses
Examples of secondary school in a Sentence
a job that requires at least a secondary school education
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Starmer was commenting as Netflix agreed a deal to make Adolescence available to all secondary schools across the UK via the Into Film+ streaming service.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the United States’ educational improvements slowed markedly as secondary schools struggled to boost performance and college tuition marched steadily higher.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
First, throughout the world women outperform men in educational settings, outnumbering in the vast majority of academic degrees (including MBAs) and outscoring them on standardized assessments and GPA (same is true for primary and secondary school).
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
So was the girl leaving a village to attend secondary school, and the family accessing clean water for the first time.
—Michael J. Nyenhuis, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the United States’ educational improvements slowed markedly as secondary schools struggled to boost performance and college tuition marched steadily higher.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
First, throughout the world women outperform men in educational settings, outnumbering in the vast majority of academic degrees (including MBAs) and outscoring them on standardized assessments and GPA (same is true for primary and secondary school).
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
So was the girl leaving a village to attend secondary school, and the family accessing clean water for the first time.
—Michael J. Nyenhuis, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for secondary school
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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