private school
noun
: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency
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The magpie Bayazid meets boys from a higher station who attend the nearby private school and live in a world almost as alien as a snowscape in a snow globe.
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Students who were already enrolled in private schools, including religious ones, are eligible.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2025
Republicans voted to table an amendment that would add private schools to the bill.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Unlike at private schools, most public school teachers are unionized, and teachers unions generally back Democrats.
—Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Students who were already enrolled in private schools, including religious ones, are eligible.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2025
Republicans voted to table an amendment that would add private schools to the bill.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Unlike at private schools, most public school teachers are unionized, and teachers unions generally back Democrats.
—Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Private school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20school. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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