training school

noun

: a school preparing students for a particular occupation

: a correctional institution for the custody and reeducation of juvenile delinquents

Examples of training school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The building has a rich history, once serving as a gladiator training school. —

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024 The doughnut shop operates under The Other Side Academy, a training school aimed at helping people struggling with incarceration and addiction. —

Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 31 July 2024 He was then captured and sold into slavery, ultimately ending up at a gladiatorial training school owned by his new master in Capua, southeast of Rome. —

Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024 Herkimer claims to have invented basketball less than a year before Dr. James Naismith was credited with creating the sport during his time as a teacher at Springfield College, then a YMCA training school, in Massachusetts. —

Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for training school

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Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of training school was in 1712

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“Training school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/training%20school. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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