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Recent Examples of prep school
Letourneau had been playing prep school hockey in Canada for St. Andrew’s College and was originally scheduled to do a year in the USHL before heading to Chestnut Hill.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 July 2025
There are stores near prep schools (Madison Avenue in New York), in university towns with a big Greek presence (Charleston, Nashville and Austin), and resort towns such as Palm Beach and Kiawah Island.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2025
The hotel is sprawling and too expensive, a ranch that was once an all-girls’ prep school, with saguaros standing guard outside the rooms.
—Hala Alyan
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Dynamic won again in Round Three, reaching the finals against Christopher Columbus High School, a Catholic prep school in Miami.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 July 2025
There are stores near prep schools (Madison Avenue in New York), in university towns with a big Greek presence (Charleston, Nashville and Austin), and resort towns such as Palm Beach and Kiawah Island.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2025
The hotel is sprawling and too expensive, a ranch that was once an all-girls’ prep school, with saguaros standing guard outside the rooms.
—Hala Alyan
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Dynamic won again in Round Three, reaching the finals against Christopher Columbus High School, a Catholic prep school in Miami.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep school
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Nutley was the director of academic services at St. Xavier High School, a private all-boys college preparatory school in Cincinnati, prosecutors said, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
8 Apr. 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
Noun
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Many Native children, including a significant portion of the Code Talker cohort, were still being taken from their families and forced to enroll in boarding schools, where they were stripped of their language and other traditions.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Blackwood Academy is an enchanted boarding school that straddles the realms of life and death, and students can only leave by being the sole victor of the Decennial tournament.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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Water damage is on the ground level of the 77-classroom historic high school, which is near the Milwaukee River.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Maryvale High student Chris Daniel Aguilar, 16, is charged on suspicion of second-degree murder in Montoya's Aug. 19 death at the high school near 59th Avenue and Osborn Road, according to authorities.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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New coach Ramon Carmona is an alumni of the school and coached these players on the lower levels the last three years.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
14 Aug. 2025
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The tide turned last year, when the Crusaders rolled to a 10-1 season and the school’s first CIF football championship.—
Rick Hoff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The rankings only include traditional public schools, charter schools, and magnet schools that had a 12th-grade enrollment of 15 students or greater.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
19 Aug. 2025
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The principal is the education program’s administrator, the release noted, and is responsible for communicating with students’ public schools to help with transfers.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The cost of elementary and secondary school lunches rose 3.3% in May 2025 relative to May 2024, according to a consumer price index report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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The new tax law allows up to $10,000 in tax-free distributions this year from section 529 plans to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, including private schools and religious schools.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The scholarships are intended to support high school seniors and current college students or trade school students who are parishioners at the church in Poway.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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The report said the percentage of both teens and adults interested in enrolling in trade school almost doubled during the pandemic.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 July 2025
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These areas included the back food prep area, main prep cold unit area, behind the main pizza oven and under the salad bar storage unit.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The restaurant violated 15 standards, including a dead cockroach near the handwashing sink and an employee cell phone stored in the prep area.—
Evan Moore
August 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Aug. 2025
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