secondary school
noun
: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses
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a job that requires at least a secondary school education
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Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.
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Big Think, 4 May 2026
After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
The secondary schools are even more expensive.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The surviving children of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, attend classes in trailers, as their rural mining town’s empty secondary school awaits demolition.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
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Big Think, 4 May 2026
After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
The secondary schools are even more expensive.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The surviving children of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, attend classes in trailers, as their rural mining town’s empty secondary school awaits demolition.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for secondary school
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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