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Recent Examples of trade school
Oliver Kirk, who is set to graduate, is weighing whether to attend trade school or go directly into working for an electric company.
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Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Aside from trade school, students can also pursue apprenticeships, career-training programs, boot camps, industry certifications, and occupational licenses.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
After that, Wadsworth went to a trade school in Arizona before relocating to Charlotte and finding a home in NASCAR.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Dec. 2025
His brother said Rhone learned construction skills by going to a jailhouse trade school and found work, but turned to crime after developing a drug problem.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Aside from trade school, students can also pursue apprenticeships, career-training programs, boot camps, industry certifications, and occupational licenses.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
After that, Wadsworth went to a trade school in Arizona before relocating to Charlotte and finding a home in NASCAR.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Dec. 2025
His brother said Rhone learned construction skills by going to a jailhouse trade school and found work, but turned to crime after developing a drug problem.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade school
- public school
- high school
- grammar school
- junior high school
- secondary school
- middle school
- elementary school
- common school
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Lawmakers who advocated for the program said it was designed to give public school and homeschooled students an opportunity to switch to private education.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The bill also would have set the budget for vouchers in a line item separated from public school funding.—
Jeffrey S. Solochek,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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Faces off the field gives a revealing look into the thoughts and lives of high school student-athletes from the Austin area.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Just before Christian started high school, Dietrich lost his job.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Meyers’ father, Michael, coached for 23 years at grammar schools and high schools on the South Side of Chicago.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2026
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The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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The species name goes to David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher in Wales who taught the lead author.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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Transportation is provided to away meets and back to the middle school.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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Pelz came into the program after going to a different middle school than the rest of his teammates.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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The vaccination rates vary sharply, according to public records for the 2024-25 school year, including 100% fully vaccinated at the Tootin’ Hills elementary school in West Simsbury and 98% at the Noah Wallace and East Farms elementary schools in Farmington.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Hegseth was asked for an update about the investigation into the deadly strike on the elementary school in Iran that occurred soon after the operation began.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
12 May 2025
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“Trade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trade%20school. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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