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Recent Examples of boarding school
Eton, a boarding school founded in 1440 by King Henry VI, prides itself on educating Britain’s future leaders, including former Prime Ministers Robert Walpole, David Cameron and Boris Johnson.
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ABC News, 16 June 2026
There are no day or weekly students at the exclusive boarding school, where every pupil is assigned his own room to develop self-discipline and responsibility.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Imagine taking a gondola through the sky to a magical, floating boarding school.
—Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026
After his stepfather died in a climbing accident, Douglas-Hamilton, then 13, was sent to a boarding school in Scotland.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
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ABC News, 16 June 2026
There are no day or weekly students at the exclusive boarding school, where every pupil is assigned his own room to develop self-discipline and responsibility.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Imagine taking a gondola through the sky to a magical, floating boarding school.
—Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026
After his stepfather died in a climbing accident, Douglas-Hamilton, then 13, was sent to a boarding school in Scotland.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarding school
- prep school
- preparatory school
- high school
- public school
- elementary school
- common school
- secondary school
- school
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For the past several years, George had attended Lambrook School, a prep school in Berkshire, England, with his younger siblings, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.—
Katie Kindelan,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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For most students, Bishop Kearney is a private Catholic prep school.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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This new spinoff of The Handmaid’s Tale follows Agnews (Chase Infiniti of One Battle After Another) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), young women at Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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There is no Ardua Hall and aunt training (at least not yet), and Daisy is sent to shadow Agnes at preparatory school.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Academy and elite club teams essentially robbed prep soccer of its best players by forcing them to choose between their high school teams and elite club programs, demanding a year-round commitment and banning participation in other sports.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The city's birth rate peaked in 2005, meaning those babies have already graduated high school.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Education is a local-level function and the federal department only administers roughly 10% of public school funds nationwide.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Local public school districts will need to prepare for a new statewide ban on student cellphone use under legislation recently approved by Illinois lawmakers.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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One such report is on an investigation into the strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed more than 165 people on the first day of the war, most of them children.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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In 2015, the actress joked to People that her husband had more cachet with their daughter’s peers than her when Charlotte was in elementary school.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
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Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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At 16, Elizabeth had just written her Basic Education Certificate Examination, an important academic milestone for junior secondary school students in Ghana seeking to advance to higher education.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The couple has decided where the 12-year-old royal will attend secondary school.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
16 June 2026
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Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, all high schools will be required to offer a personal finance course.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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One person is dead Monday following a fatal crash outside a south Kansas City school.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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