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Recent Examples of elementary school
Since the start of the sister cities partnership, elementary school students in Mariemont and Kharkiv have held joint art exhibitions, there have been student exchanges and politicians from the cities have visited each other.
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2026
The Iranian government said one of the missiles hit a girl's elementary school in Minab city in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, killing at least 53 students.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
Her mother worked at an elementary school and later in life went into real estate.
—Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
The elementary school teacher spoke out about the accusations.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Feb. 2026
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2026
The Iranian government said one of the missiles hit a girl's elementary school in Minab city in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, killing at least 53 students.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
Her mother worked at an elementary school and later in life went into real estate.
—Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
The elementary school teacher spoke out about the accusations.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 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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The species name goes to David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher in Wales who taught the lead author.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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More than 200 million years after this creature last roamed what is now the United Kingdom, scientists have formally identified it as a new species — and named it after a secondary school physics teacher in Wales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Brentford head coach Keith Andrews was relieved when Aaron Hickey’s cross was headed in by Macclesfield defender, and primary school teacher, Sam Heathcote in the 70th minute of their FA Cup fourth-round tie.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 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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Evidently, Ruth is meant to represent all that is good and pure for eschewing the luxe life for the smaller ambition of being a high school English teacher.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Godfrey began Cactus Bowls, which sells açai bowls, this past August, taking the trailer to high school games and cheer competitions.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Wu said the city’s public school system will be closed for a second straight day on Tuesday, and libraries and community centers won’t open until noon.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Department of Health has started the rulemaking process of repealing requirements for Hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for public school attendance.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
24 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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The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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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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Burrows — who also coaches his daughter’s middle school team, baseball at North Harford and formerly led the Hawks’ boys basketball team — received a call from Patterson Mill boys basketball coach and athletic director Jeroud Clark last year asking to coach those familiar faces.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2026
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Speaking prior to the ceremony, Johnson said it will be decided by a committee at a later date in a process similar to the one used in selecting the name Legacy for the new middle school being built on Elgin’s east side.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
25 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 3 Mar. 2026.
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