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Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.
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Big Think, 4 May 2026
After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
The surviving children of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, attend classes in trailers, as their rural mining town’s empty secondary school awaits demolition.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
People stand at the courtyard of a secondary school where an assailant opened fire, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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Big Think, 4 May 2026
After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
The surviving children of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, attend classes in trailers, as their rural mining town’s empty secondary school awaits demolition.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
People stand at the courtyard of a secondary school where an assailant opened fire, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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Shalit started his elementary school newspaper, and wrote for his high school newspaper’s humor column.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
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At Hi-Mount, according to Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction records, average daily attendance in recent years has been around 75%, which is very low for an elementary school.—
Alan J. Borsuk,
jsonline.com,
12 June 2026
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The regulations include draconian restrictions on women and girls, including bans on education beyond primary school and what women can wear.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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The young Brooks’s disciplinary problems began with fights in primary school and culminated in his expulsion from college for threatening a policeman with a firearm.—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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Academy and elite club teams essentially robbed prep soccer of its best players by forcing them to choose between their high school teams and elite club programs, demanding a year-round commitment and banning participation in other sports.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The city's birth rate peaked in 2005, meaning those babies have already graduated high school.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Education is a local-level function and the federal department only administers roughly 10% of public school funds nationwide.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Local public school districts will need to prepare for a new statewide ban on student cellphone use under legislation recently approved by Illinois lawmakers.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Griffin filed a federal defamation lawsuit in Nevada on Monday, June 15, saying her middle school classmate Joleene Altum made false allegations against Griffin, according to documents obtained obtained by USA TODAY.—
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Many of his teammates, in fact, rib him about being drafted in 2016, when many of them were in middle school, or younger.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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He was born in New York and grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, starting his grammar school’s first newspaper before writing a humor column for the newspaper while a student at Morristown High School.—
Mark Kennedy,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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He was born in New York and grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, starting his grammar school’s first newspaper before writing a humor column for the newspaper while a student at Morristown High School.—
Mark Kennedy,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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