prep school

noun

Examples of prep school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Parise prepared for his return by working out, skating hard and playing a few adult league games with some of his former high school teammates from Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Minnesota, a prep school internationally known for its hockey development program. Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2024 In the retro movie, set in the early 1970s at the fictional prep school Barton Academy, Paul Giamatti’s grumpy teacher Paul Hunham is left to look after students who have no place to go over the Christmas break. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024 He got kicked out of Harvard and the only job he’s had since is as an adjunct classics teacher at a 1970 New England prep school. Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024 The prep school kept the objects, further intertwining the two institutions — though their decisions about the collection would eventually divide them. Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023 Years after her former prep school roommate was murdered, a woman returns to campus as a teacher. Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple While Randolph is moving as the prep school cook devastated by grief, her sweep of every significant supporting actress honor this awards season seems like a hive-mind choice. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024 Joy Randolph and newcomer Dominic Sessa prop up Paul Giamatti’s outstanding performance as the curmudgeonly curt prep school professor who’s forced to stay on campus with a handful of students throughout the Christmas break. Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024 In March of 1999, Cruel Intentions hit theaters, tantalizing audiences with its take on teen prep school culture and some of the characters involved in its seductive, sometimes dangerous, hierarchy. Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024

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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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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prep%20school. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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