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Recent Examples of prep school
Cher’s adult son Elijah Blue Allman was allegedly arrested Friday for assault and trespassing at a prep school in New Hampshire.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
Over five years, the film follows two young Black teenagers in Chicago who get recruited to play basketball at an upscale prep school.
—Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
Olympians Angela Ruggiero and Julie Chu came from Choate in the 1990s, so when Knight, who was born in Idaho and began playing hockey on boys teams as the family moved to Illinois and then New Hampshire, was ready for prep school.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Like a lot of prep school kids, Charlie seemed to have peaked early.
—Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
Over five years, the film follows two young Black teenagers in Chicago who get recruited to play basketball at an upscale prep school.
—Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
Olympians Angela Ruggiero and Julie Chu came from Choate in the 1990s, so when Knight, who was born in Idaho and began playing hockey on boys teams as the family moved to Illinois and then New Hampshire, was ready for prep school.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Like a lot of prep school kids, Charlie seemed to have peaked early.
—Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep school
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The trailer depicts the duo navigating Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, where obedience is instilled into the young female students.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sugar Bowl Resort confirmed that many of the people on the trip were connected with Sugar Bowl Academy, an elite ski and snowboarding preparatory school in Donner Pass.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Two days earlier, Allman had been arrested for causing a disturbance at a boarding school in Concord.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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During his senior year at a boarding school in Pretoria, American colleges aggressively recruited Bennett, who won the stroke-play portion of the 2023 Nomads South Africa Boys Under-19 Championship by 21 strokes.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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His son withdrew from high school.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Cheng has been involved in efforts to rethink high school graduation requirements in New York and the role of artificial intelligence in public education.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Iranian state media has reported that a girls' school in southern Iran was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, killing at least 165 people and wounding dozens more.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Artnews last June listed SVA as one of the US art schools most reliant on international students attending its graduate programs, behind only the Savannah College of Art and Design.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Mar. 2026
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Monaca Maye Williamson, a long-time public school educator, was Adams’ sole challenger in this year’s primary.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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Even a great public school isn’t great for every student.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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The species name goes to David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher in Wales who taught the lead author.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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More than 200 million years after this creature last roamed what is now the United Kingdom, scientists have formally identified it as a new species — and named it after a secondary school physics teacher in Wales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Griffin, who plans to attend a trade school to study welding or HVAC repair, said the hands-on experience piqued his interest.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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Applicants must be permanent Illinois residents and be enrolled in a college, university or trade school for the 2026-27 academic year.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The prep couldn't be any simpler.—
Brennan Long,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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By this weekend, Zootopia‘s memorable run in in cinemas will begin to wrap as Disney and Ayaz turn their attention to releasing Pixar’s Hoppers and prep for Zootopia’s debut on Disney+ on March 11.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep%20school. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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