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Recent Examples of boarding school
The first floor of that building has one room dedicated to the Indigenous boarding school era.
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
The story doesn’t take place on Nantucket, but rather a posh New England boarding school.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
While the Avengers are work friends and the X-Men are students and teachers at a boarding school, the Fantastic Four are a family.
—EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
William and Prince Harry attended the all-boys boarding school Eton College, while Kate attended co-educational Marlborough College, having had a tough time at an all-girls school.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
The story doesn’t take place on Nantucket, but rather a posh New England boarding school.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
While the Avengers are work friends and the X-Men are students and teachers at a boarding school, the Fantastic Four are a family.
—EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
William and Prince Harry attended the all-boys boarding school Eton College, while Kate attended co-educational Marlborough College, having had a tough time at an all-girls school.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarding school
- prep school
- preparatory school
- high school
- public school
- elementary school
- common school
- secondary school
- school
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The prep school and Ivy League graduate wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while life expectancy doesn’t, according to the bulletin.—
Michael R. Sisak and Mark Scolforo,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Dec. 2024
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Starting with 1998’s Rushmore, his sophomore effort, set at a prep school, Anderson began keeping track of his own props, costumes and other crucial objects.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Mauldin allegedly committed these offenses while a teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy, a Christian, K-12 college preparatory school in Siloam, approximately 80 miles east of Atlanta.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Catholic college preparatory school is hoping the addition of new national corporate partners and an enhanced game day experience at Santa Ana Stadium will ease pressure in its ongoing fundraising efforts.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Before attending Princeton, Blackburn was a standout high school student chosen as one of 2,500 students for the National Merit Scholarship in 2019, according to WAVE.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In high school in Idaho, Loveland was all-everything.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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That drop has stabilized in recent years, according to the National Catholic Educational Association, as the pandemic brought broader shifts in enrollment away from traditional public schooling (though most kids still attend public schools).—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The tax credits are off-limits to public school students, while the grants went predominantly to this group.—
Audrey Dutton,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2025
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Seizing everyday literacy opportunities matters, because strong reading in elementary school is a powerful predictor of long-term success.—
Maya Payne Smart, Contributor,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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Even though Dina was only in elementary school at the time, Peter pulled out a pen and started scribbling numbers and equations on a napkin.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 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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Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Dec. 2024
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Even Princess Catherine was bullied at a secondary school.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
16 Apr. 2025
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The district will also close two secondary schools: West Middle School and the Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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So the New York system in particular said bye-bye to munis as the schools in their baby-boom boom cried.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The former hotel — later converted to a culinary school that closed down in 2016 — has sat empty since its current owners took over the property in 2021.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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