at school
idiom
British
: attending school as a student
My parents won't let me get a job while I'm at school.
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Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Defrancisco said that counselors will be available at school on Monday for children who may be impacted.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Immunizations were given to kids at school without parental consent, Craiu says.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
The incidents with students took place in Valley View’s Structured Learning Center, a place for K-12 students with autism who require a high degree of structure at school, the Idaho Statesman previously reported.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 18 Nov. 2025
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Defrancisco said that counselors will be available at school on Monday for children who may be impacted.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Immunizations were given to kids at school without parental consent, Craiu says.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
The incidents with students took place in Valley View’s Structured Learning Center, a place for K-12 students with autism who require a high degree of structure at school, the Idaho Statesman previously reported.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 18 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at school
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“At school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20school. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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