as in academy
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
one of the first schools in the country to admit girls as students
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as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions
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Recent Examples of school
Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Aug. 2025
The voluntary program provides resources to schools for assessing and recognizing youth fitness, shifting its emphasis from athleticism to overall health.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Carole Horst, Variety, 16 July 2025
This upbeat song highlights the excitement—and the nerves—of going to school for the first time and helps kids feel more excited (and less afraid) to make new friends.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 9 July 2025
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Noun
James McGann, 28, who was arrested Wednesday at a barbershop in Springdale, Arkansas, taught at Lewisville ISD’s Donald Elementary during the 2022-2023 school year, officials said in a statement to WFAA.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Aug. 2025
The voluntary program provides resources to schools for assessing and recognizing youth fitness, shifting its emphasis from athleticism to overall health.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
Ben, now 24, was schooled from an early age in classic Disney cartoons from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, thanks to the great Disney Treasures DVD sets.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 16 July 2025
This upbeat song highlights the excitement—and the nerves—of going to school for the first time and helps kids feel more excited (and less afraid) to make new friends.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for school
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Because the academy has undergone significant change in recent years both in the curriculum taught and the way cadets are instructed, Casaday said losing that institutional knowledge could decrease training quality for officers.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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Compared to the previous generation of Ajax academy talents, such as Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt, the now 19-year-old crossed into a more challenging situation.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Apple engineers would teach these suppliers, competing suppliers for different components, how to do quality manufacturing on a huge scale.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists Most of the religious cases Richard Garnett teaches in his classes at the University of Notre Dame Law School involve smaller religious communities, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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Funds could support conservative seminaries like Nashotah House, a conservative seminary in the Anglican tradition, or pastors from the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, ensuring orthodox leadership for historic churches.—
The Rev. Jake Dell,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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Last fall, the 16th-century Di Gara text was returned to a Jewish seminary after mysteriously ending up on an online marketplace.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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The local chamber, with its nearly 500 business partners, is among the top 10 in size of all LGBTQ chambers nationwide, and Cannon helps connect, educate and advocate its members.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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“School.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/school. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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