Thesaurus results for PREP SCHOOL

prep school

noun

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as in preparatory school

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Recent Examples of prep school Fitting into prep school is hard enough, but Julia makes a quick enemy of Damion, a tutor who just happens to be the great-nephew of Julia’s former neighbor. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 There, Teagan must navigate the choppy waters of her elite prep school Easton Academy and its all-boys crew team. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Earlier this month, it was reported that the couple would send their children to a prep school. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026 The eight-episode show follows rower Teagan Tao (played by Miku Martineau), who joins an elite prep school’s all-boys crew team after her life is upended by a family scandal. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prep school

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Noun

The elite preparatory school, first established in 1860, has several facilities for its students, 52 acres of space, and costs over $15,000 per year.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026
In 2011, the school became Bethesda Academy, a college preparatory school for boys in grades 6-12.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of preparatory school

Noun

Raman’s colleagues on the City Council have trashed her like bullies out of a boarding school novel.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
For the Windsors, however, George is only a few kilometers from the family home, and the boarding school resembles a castle.

— Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of boarding school

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Santa Margarita’s domination in high school girls golf continued Monday, with the Eagles winning the Southern Section Division 1 team title by four strokes over Orange Lutheran at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
That's how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process, during a tour of the Skidmore College campus — the fourth school Zaret had visited, with another half-dozen to go.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of high school

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There was an emotional embrace between Javits's father and students at the school who spoke about their late friend, and gave a message to his killers.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Participants included teachers, school officials, district and state education leaders and math and civics curriculum providers across elementary, middle and high school contexts.

— Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of school

Noun

My understanding is that there’s not a private school and then public school system like there is in America.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Cothiere, a Haitian-American public school educator who is married to Democratic State Representative Wallace Aristide, excelled in precincts located in North Miami and North Miami Beach, where there are significant Haitian communities.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of public school

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Tan-Gillespie ultimately stayed with the chain throughout secondary school, later rising to assistant general manager.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

The county completed its deal with Beale on Christmas Eve, and Beale promised to bring even more gifts in the form of $15 million in donations, some of which would go toward local STEM and trade school programs.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
Brunt Workwear is looking to outfit trade school students with a set of work boots.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of trade school

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