prep school

noun

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At the time, the couple’s three children started attending the nearby co-ed prep school Lambrook. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025 Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the story follows a 17-year-old version of Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025 Blue beautifully calibrates Edward's transformation, aided by Jason Orlenko's costume design, moving from a prep school graduate's outfit to a slinky look in the final scene. Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Others will go to a prep school with an eye toward a college soccer scholarship. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prep school

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First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prep school was in 1829

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