Examples of boarding school in a Sentence
He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.
She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.
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Of the schools that S&P follows, half of the schools reporting deficits in fiscal year 2025 were boarding schools.
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
Patrick Finnegan began his career as an entrepreneur while struggling to fit in at a Delaware boarding school.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Many of the victims in Tuesday’s historically deadly avalanche on Castle Peak were mothers from Marin County, California, whose children attend Sugar Bowl Academy, a nearby private boarding school designed for skiing, according to multiple sources.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Former administrators at Interlochen told NPR that at the time of these encounters, the campus — which includes the summer camp and a year-round boarding school — was very open, with students, faculty, visiting artists and concertgoers all mingling in the common areas.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
Patrick Finnegan began his career as an entrepreneur while struggling to fit in at a Delaware boarding school.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Many of the victims in Tuesday’s historically deadly avalanche on Castle Peak were mothers from Marin County, California, whose children attend Sugar Bowl Academy, a nearby private boarding school designed for skiing, according to multiple sources.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Former administrators at Interlochen told NPR that at the time of these encounters, the campus — which includes the summer camp and a year-round boarding school — was very open, with students, faculty, visiting artists and concertgoers all mingling in the common areas.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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