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
Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Easter, a peak travel period that coincides with many school vacations, fell in March of last year, though fares also dropped 4% in February this year.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Tyler James Williams is schooling everyone on his dating interests.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
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Noun
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
Easter, a peak travel period that coincides with many school vacations, fell in March of last year, though fares also dropped 4% in February this year.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
George Morrison, a former instructor at the famed Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, took Hackman under his wing and schooled him in the Method technique, teaching him to draw from personal experiences in his acting.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Tyler James Williams is schooling everyone on his dating interests.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for school
Noun
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But in recent years, what films are watched by academy members has been increasingly seen as a significant factor in what wins.—
Jake Coyle,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Delivering graduation ceremonies at one of the nation's five military academies is a common ritual for U.S. presidents.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Share the unpopular truth that your experience has taught you.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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His mother taught painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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It’s headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the founders of liberal Orthodox seminaries in New York City.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This free forum will help educate the community on the probate process and available resources available to start estate planning efforts.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Apr. 2025
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Another idea pitch presented to the White House called for more funding efforts to educate women about their menstrual cycles, the newspaper reported.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
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“School.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/school. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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