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Recent Examples of secondary school
According to research from the Policy Exchange think tank, 99 percent of secondary schools had some form of phone ban, although only 11 percent required children to either leave their phone at home or to lock it away at the start of the day.
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Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Liam Payne is being remembered by his former secondary school after the 31-year-old singer’s shocking death Wednesday (Oct. 16).
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Of the 293 new Illinois laws taking effect in the new year, one prohibits corporal punishment in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools.
—Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
To celebrate his nomination, Williams spoke to 800 secondary school students and fashion, music and films students at UNESCO headquarters at a screening of his LEGO biopic Piece by Piece.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024
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Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Liam Payne is being remembered by his former secondary school after the 31-year-old singer’s shocking death Wednesday (Oct. 16).
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Of the 293 new Illinois laws taking effect in the new year, one prohibits corporal punishment in nonpublic elementary and secondary schools.
—Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
To celebrate his nomination, Williams spoke to 800 secondary school students and fashion, music and films students at UNESCO headquarters at a screening of his LEGO biopic Piece by Piece.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely.Katcy Stephan, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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Video from Fox 11 News showed the elementary school engulfed in flames.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Students ages 8 to 14 from San Ildefonso, a primary school that dates back more than 500 years, revealed the winners by singing the numbers and the corresponding prize amounts, which are drawn from wooden balls.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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After Karen agreed, Brenda enrolled Nicole in a local primary school.Nicole Briese, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Are high schools in Nebraska just not developing players who can make the jump to the modern Big Ten in comparison to other areas of the country?Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Everyone, from high school dropouts to Ph.D.s, goes to the supermarket.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Republican party and wealthy interests pulled this recall move on Gavin during the pandemic, capitalizing on frustration over public schools being closed.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The state also banned six artificial food dyes from public schools.Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
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Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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Loading your audio article Three men have been sentenced for their roles in the 2018 shooting death of a youth football coach in the parking lot of a middle school in south New Jersey, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae announced Saturday.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Our officer did not play football past middle school.Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
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In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo all attended local grammar schools, high schools, and colleges.Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2022
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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