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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Head coach Jeremiah Behrendsen and the Dakota Ridge Eagles football team made history this season by winning the first 4A state football championship in school history.
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Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
The cases stem from challenges to laws in Idaho and West Virginia that prohibit transgender girls from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identities.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
Whether offering whole milk in school will prompt students to drink it rather than juice or other beverages remains to be seen, Reed said.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
The other case was brought by a West Virginia middle school student barred by state law from competing in school sports.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
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Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
The cases stem from challenges to laws in Idaho and West Virginia that prohibit transgender girls from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identities.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
Whether offering whole milk in school will prompt students to drink it rather than juice or other beverages remains to be seen, Reed said.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
The other case was brought by a West Virginia middle school student barred by state law from competing in school sports.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
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“In school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20school. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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