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prep schools

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plural of prep school

as in boarding schools

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City utility plans call for extending a water main south along Bledsoe Avenue to serve the schools, the Bledsoe property and future western developments.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Many voters thank him for pulling Serbia from economic obscurity and orchestrating a period of sustained modernisation including new highways, railways, schools and hospitals.

— Reuters, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026

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