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Recent Examples of grammar school
After Cathedral School, a grammar school across Gough Street, closed, Sacred Heart Cathedral arranged a long-term lease and turned that lot into a too-small grass practice field for football, soccer and lacrosse, called Coach Bill Henneberry Practice Field.
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Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
For instance, throughout the Middle Ages, grammar schools began with letter sounds and memorization of the Psalms for practice.
—Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2025
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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Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
For instance, throughout the Middle Ages, grammar schools began with letter sounds and memorization of the Psalms for practice.
—Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar school
- high school
- trade school
- public school
- junior high school
- elementary school
- middle school
- secondary school
- senior high school
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Huntington Beach is making the most of its second chance in postseason high school baseball.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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Not bad for a girl won won’t start high school until this fall.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
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With only about a month left before graduation, eligible high school seniors across Los Angeles County still have time to claim scholarship funding worth up to $1,500 to pay for college, trade school or other education expenses.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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An online streamer raising money to build a trade school program for underserved kids was hit by a car during his cross-country fundraising walk — and his livestream captured it all.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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In the late 1980s, about 70% of public school students and over 85% of teachers were white.—
David Blazar,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
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Senate Bill 2427 will impact K-12 students at Illinois' roughly 850 public school districts starting with the 2027-2028 school year.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Vais has coached a majority of Arvada West’s current seniors and a few of the Wildcats’ juniors, including his son Cooper, since that group was in elementary school.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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And Mario Thompson, an elementary school principal who has been intimately involved in all his daughters’ careers, is having to negotiate all this on the fly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Court testimony shows that Hamawy met Adbel-Rahman in 1991 when Hamawy was in middle school.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
3 June 2026
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This year, students from 28 colleges and universities, 13 high schools, and one middle school from around the world participated.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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Nadal is also continuing to give back to the next generation of tennis stars with his Rafa Nadal Academy, which includes both a tennis academy and an accredited primary and secondary school.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
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This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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