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Rae's character went from tending to the Drummond family to being the housemother of the all-girls boarding school, Eastland School.
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
In the days before the attack, gunmen kidnapped 25 girls from a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kebbi State and killed at least one staffer.
—Rachel Wolf , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
One younger sister, Olubunmi, who is now 18, was sent to Boys Town boarding school in Nebraska.
—Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Coeli Mwangi, 13, a student at Fay boarding school in Southboro, has been a Patriots fan for the past few years.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
In the days before the attack, gunmen kidnapped 25 girls from a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kebbi State and killed at least one staffer.
—Rachel Wolf , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
One younger sister, Olubunmi, who is now 18, was sent to Boys Town boarding school in Nebraska.
—Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Coeli Mwangi, 13, a student at Fay boarding school in Southboro, has been a Patriots fan for the past few years.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
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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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The Holdovers Set in 1970s New England, The Holdovers follows a cranky prep school teacher (Paul Giamatti) who reluctantly supervises students stuck on campus over Christmas break.—
Lydia Price,
PEOPLE,
23 Dec. 2025
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Introduced in the first episode, the chance meeting between Dean and Rory lined up imperfectly with Rory’s acceptance to the prestigious prep school Chilton.—
Justin Kirkland,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Nov. 2025
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Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 650 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Dec. 2025
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Located in Lisle, Illinois, Benet Academy is a private Catholic college preparatory school that competes in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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My first 5k since high school was 2021.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Janet couldn’t wait to finish high school and climb the ladder of higher education, narrowing her choices to either the liberal arts Macalester College in Minneapolis or the University of Chicago—both renowned for their international relations programs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Married to a public school teacher and dad to two daughters.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Also annually, a third element is $300,000 to each of 13 state public school collegiate athletic departments.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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One month after Amber’s murder, Williams visited her daughter’s elementary school classmates.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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New Elementary School on Park Road CMS is constructing a new 45-classroom elementary school to serve students in Sedgefield and Dilworth, replacing Dilworth Elementary.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Prince George is also facing another major change, as he is set to turn 13 on July 22 and begin his secondary school career in the fall.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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These groups provide financial help to elementary and secondary school students from low- and middle-income families.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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If your children do homework at the kitchen table instead of their bedrooms, find a spot to keep school supplies handy.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the program will change where the sales tax dollars go — redirecting dollars that would have otherwise been added to the state’s general fund to pay for highways, schools and other services to pay off the project’s debt and retire the bonds.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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