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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More than a decade later, tens of thousands of people born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian parents have no way to enroll in school, work legally, marry or get a birth certificate for their children.
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Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 16 May 2025
There were full spreads in catalogs, commercials on TV, and copies of the books in school libraries everywhere.
—Jaha Nailah Avery, Essence, 13 May 2025
The exhibition examines how advances in food science and government interventions have influenced the items served in school cafeterias.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
And children in school could suffer if their parents were forced to leave their housing and squeeze in with family or friends.
—Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 2 May 2025
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Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 16 May 2025
There were full spreads in catalogs, commercials on TV, and copies of the books in school libraries everywhere.
—Jaha Nailah Avery, Essence, 13 May 2025
The exhibition examines how advances in food science and government interventions have influenced the items served in school cafeterias.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
And children in school could suffer if their parents were forced to leave their housing and squeeze in with family or friends.
—Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 2 May 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 23 May. 2025.
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