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Recent Examples of prep school
After graduating from Annunciation’s grade school in 2017, Westman attended at least two Minneapolis high schools, including an all-boys private military-style prep school.
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Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Warner’s character, Debbie Shaffer, is a wealthy prep school girl with all the right connections.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 26 Aug. 2025
Delbarton, an elite all-boys Catholic prep school in northern New Jersey where several former students have come forward to allege abuse at the hands of the Benedictine order’s monks, could soon find itself under a harsh spotlight.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the story follows a 17-year-old version of Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
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Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Warner’s character, Debbie Shaffer, is a wealthy prep school girl with all the right connections.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 26 Aug. 2025
Delbarton, an elite all-boys Catholic prep school in northern New Jersey where several former students have come forward to allege abuse at the hands of the Benedictine order’s monks, could soon find itself under a harsh spotlight.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the story follows a 17-year-old version of Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep school
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Jesuit was founded in 1963 as the capital region’s only all-boys Catholic college preparatory school and has a student body of 953 as of the current school year, according to its website.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to multiple sources, including a letter from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and a statement from The Webb School, a college preparatory school in Tennessee, the Hardin family’s home in Hunt, Texas, was washed away by floodwaters while the family was inside.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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Despite their magical abilities, Potter and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger faced the same problems as regular pre-teens and teens navigating life in boarding school.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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Then again, even the fictional boarding school for witches and wizards in the Harry Potter series did not have a production line like Barcelona’s academy.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Jim Varsallone Miami Herald 305-376-3621 Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.—
Miami Herald Staff Reports,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Of course, that type of defense doesn’t help to explain why high school athletes can’t sign NIL deals while high school influencers, esports players, actors and musicians can.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Smith instead signed with Indiana over several Big Ten and SEC programs, then stayed in Bloomington despite numerous schools trying to pry him away the last few years — especially after Indiana’s coaching change following the 2023 season.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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New York — Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leaders of the Impressionist school of painting, established in 1874 by a group of French artists, whose loose brushwork and brightly colored paints created a sense of spontaneity and modernity.—
Jane Levere,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Understanding this is necessary to keep hope for the fight to improve public school history education.—
Taylor Cassidy,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Every child in our public school district needs regular access to healthful food regardless of their family’s income level.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Nearly three-quarters of the 119 million girls out of school worldwide are of secondary school-age, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Girls were notably banned from secondary school the next month, meaning that online education became one of the last avenues of hope.—
Zahra Nader,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Technical colleges and trade school options have become increasingly popular, especially since the pandemic.—
RACHEL SPECTOR,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, a study earlier this summer from the American Staffing Association found one in three Americans would advise high school graduates to go to trade school over college—a push which was highest among baby boomer respondents.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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While physical therapy focused on how to regain mobility and do things like getting into and out of bed, Handy also made sure to dedicate time to the wedding prep.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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An employee was observed drinking a beverage at the kitchen from an unapproved cup and placing it on the food prep table between sips.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep%20school. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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