trade school

noun

Definition of trade schoolnext
as in public school

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Recent Examples of trade school Fortunately, some lenders offer student loans specifically designed for trade school, though they may be labeled as career training loans or something similar. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 26 June 2026 At the same time, for-profit barber, cosmetology and hair braiding trade schools now come with tuition that can exceed $17,000. — Eric Zamparripa, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 Many skilled trade schools recognize that service members are well-suited for careers in the trades and actively work to support their transition by offering enrollment assistance and educational funding. — Rose Van Alstine, Fortune, 26 May 2026 With only about a month left before graduation, eligible high school seniors across Los Angeles County still have time to claim scholarship funding worth up to $1,500 to pay for college, trade school or other education expenses. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for trade school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade school
  1. public school
  2. high school
  3. grammar school
  4. junior high school
  5. secondary school
  6. middle school
  7. elementary school
  8. common school
Noun
  • Newspapers are run by them, public school art and music programs rely on them, as do museums, symphonies, ballets and operas.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • The system currently in place for public school educators is a patchwork with a fair number of gaps.
    — Holly McDede, ProPublica, 31 July 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • For 42 years, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has named the annual Super 11, a class of Georgia’s top high school football seniors destined to become the next generation of football stars.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • People with a bachelor’s degree earn a median of 75% more over a lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
    — John Ketcham, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of grammar school
Noun
  • The two remaining students already were of junior high school age and were in the midst of attending middle school in neighboring districts as part of an agreement that McAuley leaders reached with District 33 in the late 1980s.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • Part of the summer will be preparing George for what is ahead at secondary school, namely from William, who also attended Eton.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 29 July 2026
  • In early February, a Canadian 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar shot and killed five students at Tumbler Ridge secondary school before turning the gun on herself.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • The monsters are mostly metaphorical in this book, but the middle school emotions are vividly real.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The school will have a full gymnasium and locker room, with middle school sports such as track and basketball.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of middle school
Noun
  • Dumarce in 2019 was arrested by the Sacramento Police Department on suspicion of exposing himself to and then attempting to kidnap a 13-year-old girl outside of a Meadowview elementary school, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.
    — Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Smith eventually received a master’s degree in education and taught music to elementary school students in New York City before retiring in the 2000s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of common school

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“Trade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trade%20school. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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