as in academies
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
one of the first schools in the country to admit girls as students
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as in teaches
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions
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Recent Examples of schools
NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Two five-star hotels, apartments, town houses and villas, schools, three mosques, a mall, two universities and two world-class museums are part of the project.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Student service struggles Staying on a four-day schedule long-term would continue to have a disproportionate impact on families who rely on ISD schools for meals, social services and other resources, Young said.
—Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Still, Morath said other schools in the district have had years of consecutive failing ratings and moved forward with state intervention.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Key roads, the airport and schools will be closed in Bermuda as Hurricane Melissa draws near.
—George Solis, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
In the classroom above, more volunteers—teachers from schools across Taiwan—crowd around a desktop map of a disaster scenario, discussing where to block traffic, cordon off the public, and station emergency services to best handle whatever crisis is unfolding.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Ballantyne Ridge High School Principal Michael Miliote sent a message to families that said Johnson was a volunteer football coach and will not be allowed to volunteer at any schools in the district anymore.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
There are ski and snowboard schools that are more affordable, though.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
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The Allisons organized children from church Sunday schools to gather shoes, winter coats, soap and coins for kids in need elsewhere in the world.
—NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
Two five-star hotels, apartments, town houses and villas, schools, three mosques, a mall, two universities and two world-class museums are part of the project.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Student service struggles Staying on a four-day schedule long-term would continue to have a disproportionate impact on families who rely on ISD schools for meals, social services and other resources, Young said.
—Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Still, Morath said other schools in the district have had years of consecutive failing ratings and moved forward with state intervention.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Key roads, the airport and schools will be closed in Bermuda as Hurricane Melissa draws near.
—George Solis, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
In the classroom above, more volunteers—teachers from schools across Taiwan—crowd around a desktop map of a disaster scenario, discussing where to block traffic, cordon off the public, and station emergency services to best handle whatever crisis is unfolding.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Ballantyne Ridge High School Principal Michael Miliote sent a message to families that said Johnson was a volunteer football coach and will not be allowed to volunteer at any schools in the district anymore.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
There are ski and snowboard schools that are more affordable, though.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schools
Noun
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So how do academies get their players?—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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From its first sessions in New York to academies now spanning the United States, the United Kingdom, and Austria, FSA has become a bridge between continents.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Yet where experimentation generally teaches new lessons, this felt more like reinforcement of where England are good and where England still have problems, a performance punctuated by familiar defensive frustrations and foibles.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Account holders also have access to a free, online course called eBird Essentials that teaches birding skills and the basics of using eBird tools.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At the heart of the unrest is a long-standing exemption that allows ultra-Orthodox men who study full-time in religious seminaries to avoid military service — a policy that many Israelis view as deeply unfair.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Before the ban, police in Punjab raided the house of the TLP's leader, Saad Rizvi, and the government sealed mosques and seminaries associated with the party.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
28 Oct. 2025
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Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Painted Turtle, which provides a summer camp experience for kids with serious medical issues, and the Bridge School, which educates children with severe speech and physical disabilities.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Schools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schools. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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