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Recent Examples of prep school
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis began a new school year at the Lambrook School last week, kicking off their final year attending the coeducational prep school together.
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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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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Having met at an elite boarding school, Martin and Ben have an unbreakable bond.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration hope to reckon with their history of running an Indian boarding school.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The relationship goes back to Mahomes’ high school days in Whitehouse, Texas.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday night, meanwhile, high school student and aspiring dermatologist Mailyn Marsh, of Missouri, was named this year’s Miss Teen USA, a companion title for contestants aged 14 to 19.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The state will collect feedback and purchasing data during the pilot year to evaluate the program, and there are plans to expand into additional schools across the state in the 2026-27 school year, the release said.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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He was known to the university only as Justin Phillips and none of the school’s records indicated a prior identity, according to the statement.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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Loucks added national context, citing information from the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress that said just 31% of fourth-grade public school students nationwide performed at or above the proficient level on the reading assessment.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Researchers followed more than 800 students and staff members from a large public school district in Kansas City, Missouri, from November 2022 through May 2023.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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After graduating with a degree in history from the University of Ghana, Mahama taught at a secondary school before pursuing a post-graduate degree in social psychology in Moscow, graduating in 1988.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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There's no school for Vrana's two older children, who travel to Fourni for secondary school by ferry.—
Sarah McCammon,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Peasley, 13, plans to attend trade school to earn her cosmetology license, and later pursue a degree to become a financial adviser.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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With birth rates declining and some Americans favoring trade school or going directly to the workforce after high school, universities are preparing for potentially catastrophic declines in enrollment in coming years.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Roaches were observed on the prep and storage lines.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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Shredded chicken was improperly cooling inside the prep cooler.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep%20school. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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