training school

noun

1
: a school preparing students for a particular occupation
2
: a correctional institution for the custody and reeducation of juvenile delinquents

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Other directives call for enforcement of tougher department-wide fitness standards and calls for a 60-day review of what is taught at the military service academies and training schools. Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025 The former gymnasium for the laborer training school that once occupied the property and now serves as Olivet’s chapel is decorated with holiday decor on December 13, 2022, for an upcoming choir concert. Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Others include the operator of a flight training school in Pennsylvania. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025 Adam Penner, president of Harv’s Air pilot training school, said the two students, a man and a woman, were practicing takeoffs and landings. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for training school

Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of training school was in 1712

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“Training school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/training%20school. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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