Thesaurus results for SCHOOLS

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noun

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plural of school

as in academies

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of school

as in teaches

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 schools

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The star running back and four-star recruit fielded offers from numerous Power Five schools, and had narrowed his choices down to the Fighting Irish along with Indiana, Penn State and Georgia. —

Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026 Four to one, people go to Broward County schools in this county. —

Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026 Others invoke Kirk’s name for measures that would protect free speech rights on college campuses or encourage schools to teach about the role of Judeo-Christian values in American history. —

David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 The school board still oversees academic programming and personnel at IPS schools, but the IPEC board is expected to take over funding and management of all school facilities by 2028-29. —

Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026 The situation prompted two schools and one school district administrative office building to go into lockdown mode for a few hours. —

Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026 More recently, when a higher-density project was proposed in the Fallston area and concerns arose about its impact on local schools, a review of school impact fees underscored the need to align new development with school construction costs. —

Stephanie Flasch, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2026 Will schools be open on Good Friday? —

Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 31 Mar. 2026 Those schools have a high proportion of low income students, and CEP schools would continue to provide free lunches to all students under Hill’s 2027-28 budget proposal. —

Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026

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The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school. —

Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026 Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools. —

Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025

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Residents of Gurnee and Zion, both young and old, will have the chance to learn more about the workings of their respective police departments during upcoming police academies.

— Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
But the small Pacific states were also benefitting from the growing Chinese police presence, especially in short-term ways such as getting new police academies, vehicles, technology, equipment, and uniforms, said the report's lead author, Virginia Comolli, in an interview with Newsweek.

— Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026