in school

phrase

US
: attending school as a student
My parents won't let me get a job while I'm in school.

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Kane also was calling the defense the last time these teams met in West Lafayette two years ago when Notre Dame handed Purdue what was then the worst loss in school history, 66-7. — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 At the same time, teenage Nussbaum yearned to fit in school, to find the perfect Villager brand outfit, a skirt sweater over a shirt with a Peter Pan collar that (in those pre-hippie days) was sweeping suburban high schools. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 What’s interesting is that some of our kid actors had done plays about 9/11 in school. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 That means that under the status quo, a $500,000 homestead home pays about $3,325 in school taxes and $5,000 in non-school taxes for a total property tax bill of $8,325. — Elaine Parker, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in school

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“In school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20school. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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