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Recent Examples of grammar school
The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.
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Hettie O'Brien,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.
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Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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.
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Daniel Buck,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Hettie O'Brien,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.
—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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.
—
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
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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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The approach of the 250th anniversary has brought up complicated feelings for Galvan, 18, and Olivia Suarez, both of whom just finished high school in Long Beach, California.
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Elle is in high school when her parents relocated to Seattle, and the first season follows her attempts to find a path in the Pacific Northwest, helped along by her mother’s guidance.
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Fortunately, some lenders offer student loans specifically designed for trade school, though they may be labeled as career training loans or something similar.
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More than 90% of the children in the student advocate program were accepted into college, trade school or the military after graduating high school, according to program records.
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The two companies violated the law by repeatedly giving cash stipends and personal travel rewards to public school employees — primarily teachers — for organizing school trips and recruiting students for the trips, according to the State Ethics Commission.
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Cothiere and Hill are both active public school teachers.
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Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
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He was charged with possession of child pornography in 2018 and hosted his campaign kickoff in front of an elementary school.
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Despite her typically sweet and rule-following ways, Weeks got called to her elementary school principal’s office after getting in the face of a boy who picked on her best friend, according to Kristen Weeks.
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Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.
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An announcement over the intercom of the middle school Anderson and her sister, Cassie, attended changed that.
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According to the law, officers generally cannot arrest someone under SB 4 at a public or private primary or secondary school.
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At 16, Elizabeth had just written her Basic Education Certificate Examination, an important academic milestone for junior secondary school students in Ghana seeking to advance to higher education.
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This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
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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.
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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