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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
During the upcoming school year, the boys’ boarding school is banning the use of smartphones among its 13-year-old students, Digital Trends reported on Tuesday.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
These misfit progeny get a shot at redemption, far from their nefarious parents, and attend a straitlaced boarding school teeming with the children of Disney sweethearts.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 July 2024
Ben is one of four brothers, and Andrea went to boarding school with the two oldest, Josh and Peter.
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Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 June 2024
In She's the Man — based on the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night — Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) secretly switches places with her twin brother Sebastian to play on the boy’s soccer team at his new boarding school Illyria Prep.
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Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1665, in the meaning defined above
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
boarding school
noun
: a school at which most of the pupils live during the school term
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