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Recent Examples of primary school
The industrial terrazzo flooring and long, low-ceilinged hallways reminded me of an old primary school frozen in time.
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Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
My son goes to the same primary school that his mother and grandmother attended.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
During a visit with primary school students in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, Melania Trump also promoted a USAID program that distributed more than 1.4 million textbooks to students.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
Two 17-year-old boys, friends from primary school, stood arm in arm after bumping into each other at the vigil.
—Sarah Dean, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
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Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
My son goes to the same primary school that his mother and grandmother attended.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
During a visit with primary school students in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, Melania Trump also promoted a USAID program that distributed more than 1.4 million textbooks to students.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
Two 17-year-old boys, friends from primary school, stood arm in arm after bumping into each other at the vigil.
—Sarah Dean, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- common school
- senior high school
- middle school
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The executive order directs the Department of Education to prioritize discretionary federal grants for school choice and to issue guidance on allocating funding for elementary and secondary school scholarships.—
Corey A. DeAngelis,
Boston Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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They’re already taught in schools, secondary schools and universities, around the world, and that always surprises me.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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Soon the boys were enrolling at Pasadena Unified elementary schools — and all three would eventually attend Muir.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s broad consensus among education researchers that the best way to teach students in early elementary school how to read is through explicit phonics instruction.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Feb. 2025
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None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Federal funding made up 18% of Texas' public school budget for the 2021-2022 school year, compared with 23% in Mississippi — the highest in the nation — and just 7% in New York, the lowest, per USA Facts.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s also pressure from City Hall to help address funding woes within the city’s public school system amid tense contract negotiations with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s closest political ally, the Chicago Teachers Union.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The opinion was also discussed that the study course at the Litchfield junior high school is too heavy for children of that age.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Pasadena middle school had welcomed Villegas as a 12-year-old from Mexico.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Details: Harding and Callanan middle schools will close by fiscal years 2032 and 2036, respectively.—
Linh Ta,
Axios,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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