primary school
noun
1
: a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten
Examples of primary school in a Sentence
She goes to primary school.
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Catherine Thorbecke, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Among the casualties of Operation Epic Fury’s first day were more than a hundred and seventy-five people, most of them little girls, at the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, in the southern city of Minab.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
The lodge is involved with the local community in several other ways, too, including a community garden program at a local lower primary school where Domiano runs trainings.
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Talankin was a beloved events coordinator and school videographer at his primary school in the remote Russian town of Karabash.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
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Catherine Thorbecke, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Among the casualties of Operation Epic Fury’s first day were more than a hundred and seventy-five people, most of them little girls, at the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, in the southern city of Minab.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
The lodge is involved with the local community in several other ways, too, including a community garden program at a local lower primary school where Domiano runs trainings.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Talankin was a beloved events coordinator and school videographer at his primary school in the remote Russian town of Karabash.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20school. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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