PREPARATORY SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

preparatory school

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as in prep school

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Recent Examples of preparatory school Agnes attends a preparatory school run by Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who watches over the daughters of Gilead’s elite both literally and in the form of a towering statue in the school’s atrium. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 The show follows Agnes (Infiniti), the daughter of a high-ranking commander enrolled in an elite preparatory school run by Aunt Lydia (Dowd). — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026 The trailer depicts the duo navigating Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, where obedience is instilled into the young female students. — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026 Sugar Bowl Resort confirmed that many of the people on the trip were connected with Sugar Bowl Academy, an elite ski and snowboarding preparatory school in Donner Pass. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for preparatory school

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Noun

Murphy’s newest show adapts Bret Easton Ellis’ 2023 novel of the same name and is set in 1980s Los Angeles, where a group of students at an elite prep school navigate their final year there while simultaneously grappling with a serial killer.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
For the past several years, George has lived at home while attending the Lambrook School, a prep school in Berkshire, England, with his younger siblings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of prep school

Noun

The boarding school did not immediately respond to a message left at the general admissions number or an email with a list of questions sent to an address listed online for the school.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Prince George, who turned 13 on Wednesday, will join classmates at the all-boys boarding school, which holds a deep significance for the British Royal Family and has a long-standing dress code for all of its students, royal or not.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of boarding school

Noun

Part of the summer will be preparing George for what is ahead at secondary school, namely from William, who also attended Eton.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 29 July 2026
In early February, a Canadian 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar shot and killed five students at Tumbler Ridge secondary school before turning the gun on herself.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026

Definition of secondary school

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Dumarce in 2019 was arrested by the Sacramento Police Department on suspicion of exposing himself to and then attempting to kidnap a 13-year-old girl outside of a Meadowview elementary school, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Smith eventually received a master’s degree in education and taught music to elementary school students in New York City before retiring in the 2000s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of elementary school

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He was revisited by a vague feeling of physical ineptitude that’d haunted him since childhood; failing to throw the ball properly on sports day at primary school, his father watching.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
This has been compounded by massive cuts in international aid and a Taliban government that has sidelined half of Afghanistan’s population, denying women and girls education beyond primary school and banning them from the vast majority of jobs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of primary school

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An elite prep wrestler who rushed for more than 5,000 yards in high school, Brown’s burst and bounce in the box are good enough to mirror plenty of actual running backs near the hole.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Patchwork madras combines several checks within one garment and is probably the version most closely associated with American prep.

— Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of prep

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And when an athlete transfers from one school to another, there’s a chance it can be taken away.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
His campaign has proposed using the state’s surplus to lower income and property taxes, increasing child care and school meal access, and supporting fair pay, benefits and stable jobs for workers.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

Definition of school

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The hearing comes about two years after the attack at the high school, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Valdosta is the newest school to join a multimillion-dollar trend accelerating across Georgia high school football programs.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of high school

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