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Recent Examples of elementary school
Last week, an elementary school in Fairfield, Connecticut, called off McMahon’s visit amid intense backlash from parents.
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Across the dirt road behind his elementary school, Brock Nelson went to hockey heaven on the daily.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Peg Nelson, an elementary school teacher in the district where Liam Ramos attends, said her school sees an average of 130 absences a day out of 570 students, a majority of whom are Hispanic.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Last week in Santa Monica, a Waymo vehicle struck a 10-year-old child near an elementary school.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Across the dirt road behind his elementary school, Brock Nelson went to hockey heaven on the daily.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Peg Nelson, an elementary school teacher in the district where Liam Ramos attends, said her school sees an average of 130 absences a day out of 570 students, a majority of whom are Hispanic.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Last week in Santa Monica, a Waymo vehicle struck a 10-year-old child near an elementary school.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary school
- secondary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- middle school
- senior high school
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During the final stretch of secondary school, the popular Connell (Mescal) and wallflower Marianne (Edgar-Jones) begin an on-off romance that extends for the next four years, ultimately defining that era of their lives.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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To land a good job after secondary school, students in Guyana take an exam administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council.—
Tyler Jett,
Des Moines Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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More than half of respondents (52%) with primary school aged children expressed support for the introduction of robotaxis in their city.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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From primary school curricula, to the construction of high schools, to the funding of research at elite universities, education and politics are awkwardly bound up in the United States—and therefore resistant to transformation or even evolution without considerable drama.—
Eric Holcomb,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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The violence broke out after hundreds of middle and high school students flooded the downtown to protest.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Solana Beach Civic & Historical Society offers two $3,500 Scholarships this year for high school students or adult learners to assist in financing college, graduate school or technical school tuition.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Critics say ESAs will funnel money away from public school districts, which are already suffering enrollment decline.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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These bills are a small down payment on the support your public school needs to ensure that every student gets the high-quality education Floridians demand.—
Andrew Spar,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
19 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, across the border, the Illinois governor delivered an address asking federal officials to suspend operations through the holiday weekend after their agents deployed tear gas and interrupted a Chicago grammar school’s Halloween festivities.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Wednesday is National Girls & Women in Sports Day, so why not salute Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles, the only public, all-girls middle school in California.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Elliott, who coached middle school football and taught social studies, was arrested in October for allegedly filming students undressing in the locker room.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The former five-star prospect missed his entire senior high school season and freshman college season due to a torn ACL, reinjuring the same knee that had already been surgically repaired.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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This is the podcast that would make my senior high school English teacher, Mr. Bergeron, very happy.—
Richard Wagoner,
Daily News,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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