as in academy
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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as in to teach
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 school
Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Get rid of Wi-Fi and return to Ethernet, which would allow schools greater control over where and when students use digital technologies.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
David Cox, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
In Florida, home-schooling oversight is especially minimal.
—Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
When schools closed, sports teams paused, and friendships were confined to screens during COVID-19, young people bore the brunt of disconnection.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Get rid of Wi-Fi and return to Ethernet, which would allow schools greater control over where and when students use digital technologies.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
Initially funded by private philanthropy and later the Gates Foundation, the program helped participants resume schooling or gain employment, while allowing researchers to detect HIV infections within days.
—David Cox, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
In Florida, home-schooling oversight is especially minimal.
—Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for school
Noun
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Former academy director Wilcox took a detour to Southampton before reaching Old Trafford.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Such a sum of money would have represented pure profit for the Blaugrana, with Fermin being a La Masia academy product, and also helped the club stay on the right side of Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His cross-continental upbringing taught him early on that identity is both inherited and invented.—
Janee Bolden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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After beginning to teach folklorico classes in a backyard on the east side of San Jose, Lopez realized her students needed a more accommodating space.—
Iris Sanchez,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Some of these were hatched at the English College, a seminary in the French city of Rheims.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The seminary’s enduring mission, like that of all great institutions of learning, is to cultivate the intellectual and ethical capacities of leaders prepared to confront the complexities of history.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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He was inspired to start the James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness following his surgeries and the nonprofit's aim was to educate the public about organ and tissue donation.—
Stephanie Kaloi,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead of outsourcing all financial decisions to an advisor or ignoring them out of fear, entrepreneurs are taking small, intentional steps to educate themselves.—
Alejandra Rojas,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“School.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/school. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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