as in basic
of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject
students who do not have even an elementary knowledge of geography
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Recent Examples of elementary
Master’s degrees in special education, elementary education and secondary education will be combined into a single master’s in teaching and learning.
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Tory Basile, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
Best Amazon October Prime Day Kids’ Toy Deals From classics like American Girl dolls to more recent phenomena like Kinetic Sand and Squishmallows, this section for elementary-aged kids is full of great options.
—Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Until recently, Academy, a public school that enrolls more than three hundred elementary-age students, had a single dishwashing machine that could handle one large sheet pan at a time.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Paul Greengrass’s intense wildfire thriller presents the shocking, most true tale of a school-bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) who winds up having to drive a group of elementary-schoolers through the hellish flames of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in California history.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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Tory Basile, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
Best Amazon October Prime Day Kids’ Toy Deals From classics like American Girl dolls to more recent phenomena like Kinetic Sand and Squishmallows, this section for elementary-aged kids is full of great options.
—Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Until recently, Academy, a public school that enrolls more than three hundred elementary-age students, had a single dishwashing machine that could handle one large sheet pan at a time.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Paul Greengrass’s intense wildfire thriller presents the shocking, most true tale of a school-bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) who winds up having to drive a group of elementary-schoolers through the hellish flames of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in California history.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary
Adjective
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Madden said his bargaining unit has reached some agreements with Kaiser over basic issues, but members are still pushing for the health system to maintain workers’ health care, retirement and pension benefits.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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For nearly two decades, the basic browsing experience, aside from a few minor improvements, remained largely unchanged.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Without data centers, flights would be grounded (pilots could not get weather info and flight plans would not be available), communication would become rudimentary, payments would stop processing (welcome back, bartering) — even 911, which goes through an online system, would shut down.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Over time, these rudimentary structures gave way to more ambitious designs.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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However, there aren’t any introductory-APR offers, and there is a late payment fee of up to $40.—
David McMillin,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Steiner emerged as perhaps the biggest star of Formula 1’s Drive to Survive, doesn’t have any MotoGP experience, and, at his introductory press conference, did his best to come off humble.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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His helmet is a nod to physics, a fundamental science that’s deeply woven into the makeup of motorsports, and also a tribute to his father.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Scaling is the key step in bridging the gap between fundamental discovery and large-scale deployment.—
Stavroula Alina Kampouri,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Elementary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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