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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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
Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Ivy League schools Columbia University, Brown University, and the University of Pennsylvania reached agreements to resolve federal investigations.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Grants will support cultural exchanges through art and film, mentorship and training programs, fellowships for higher education film schools, investigative journalism and free speech initiatives, film restoration and preservation and uplifting underserved communities and more.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Protests hit schools, trains An Interior Ministry source said earlier this week that as many as 800,000 people were expected to take part in the strikes and protests.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
The Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation was formed in 1993 to encourage private support for Lee’s Summit R-7 schools.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Only about 3% of this year's participating students came from D-or-F-rated schools, which Smith said reflected little change from the previous year.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
In 2022, multiple schools received anonymous bomb threats, causing shelter-in-place notices or evacuations of the majority-Black institutions.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
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These are symptoms of entrepreneurial thinking that these schools are presumably teaching their students.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Ivy League schools Columbia University, Brown University, and the University of Pennsylvania reached agreements to resolve federal investigations.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Grants will support cultural exchanges through art and film, mentorship and training programs, fellowships for higher education film schools, investigative journalism and free speech initiatives, film restoration and preservation and uplifting underserved communities and more.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Protests hit schools, trains An Interior Ministry source said earlier this week that as many as 800,000 people were expected to take part in the strikes and protests.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
The Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation was formed in 1993 to encourage private support for Lee’s Summit R-7 schools.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Only about 3% of this year's participating students came from D-or-F-rated schools, which Smith said reflected little change from the previous year.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
In 2022, multiple schools received anonymous bomb threats, causing shelter-in-place notices or evacuations of the majority-Black institutions.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schools
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Following the expansion of Jewish Studies in the European, American, and Israeli academies, as well as the establishment of diplomatic and cultural relations between the State of Israel and a variety of countries, Jewish Studies has expanded globally.—
Josh Lambert,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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Casady, a lifelong tennis fan who has spent his recent years not just following the sport but traveling with his two sons to tournaments all over the country, came up with the idea after spending time at multiple tennis/sports academies with his sons.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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Mariachi Los Claveles is comprised of musicians from Woodland Unified School District schools through the Woodland nonprofit of the same name that teaches mariachi to local youth.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Experience teaches us to pause, consider context and choose a deliberate response.—
Nirit Cohen,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, neo-traditionalist Catholic groups—with their own parishes and seminaries—will continue on a different course from the rest of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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The school district, which educates about 23,000 students, is working toward making CPR a skill that every student learns at least once a year starting in fifth grade, said Superintendent Joe Harrington.—
Ciara McCarthy
September 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Schools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schools. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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