in school
idiom
US
: attending school as a student
My parents won't let me get a job while I'm in school.
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Only a small fraction of concurrent credit students in school districts take at least 29 credit hours.
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Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
No little boy or girl should feel unsafe or unprotected while changing in school.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Shuttling between past and present, Simpson traces her mother’s hardscrabble journey as the daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers who excels in school and becomes a teacher, then a mother, then a single mother of two.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Support was highest among parents with children in school, with 74% favoring a ban, up from 70% in 2024.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
No little boy or girl should feel unsafe or unprotected while changing in school.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Shuttling between past and present, Simpson traces her mother’s hardscrabble journey as the daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers who excels in school and becomes a teacher, then a mother, then a single mother of two.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Support was highest among parents with children in school, with 74% favoring a ban, up from 70% in 2024.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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 9 Sep. 2025.
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