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2
archaic
: reproof
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: the cost of instruction and maintenance at school
4
: the training of a horse for service
especially
: the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation
Examples of schooling in a Sentence
He has had little schooling.
the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements
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The letter comes amid the former couple’s ongoing legal battles over their daughter’s schooling and summer schedule.
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 June 2025
With the governor’s signature, Craig can give someone a job after basic health and safety instruction instead of turning them away and directing them to get 1,550 hours of traditional and costly schooling.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Of her schooling Minna said that she was mostly remembered for her impertinences in the presence of eminent scholars, and that at gatherings in general her comments seemed to attract a sideways cautious glance.
—Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The program lets parents use state dollars for their child’s private education or home schooling.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
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Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 June 2025
With the governor’s signature, Craig can give someone a job after basic health and safety instruction instead of turning them away and directing them to get 1,550 hours of traditional and costly schooling.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Of her schooling Minna said that she was mostly remembered for her impertinences in the presence of eminent scholars, and that at gatherings in general her comments seemed to attract a sideways cautious glance.
—Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The program lets parents use state dollars for their child’s private education or home schooling.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for schooling
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“Schooling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooling. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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