primary school
noun
1
: a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten
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She goes to primary school.
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Among the dead are a primary school teacher and her son, a second-grade student, who were killed in their home, and an eighth-grader who also died with her mother, according to the city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov.
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CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Among the dead were a primary school teacher and her son, a second-grader, killed in their home; and an eighth-grader who also died with her mother, according to the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov.
—Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The Iranian Red Crescent Society previously put the death toll at 787, including dozens of schoolgirls and staff at a primary school.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
The bombing killed not only Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but reportedly at least 153 people at a primary school, including children.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Among the dead were a primary school teacher and her son, a second-grader, killed in their home; and an eighth-grader who also died with her mother, according to the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov.
—Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The Iranian Red Crescent Society previously put the death toll at 787, including dozens of schoolgirls and staff at a primary school.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
The bombing killed not only Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but reportedly at least 153 people at a primary school, including children.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for primary school
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20school. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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