PREPARATORY SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

preparatory school

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Recent Examples of preparatory school It is set at an elite preparatory school to groom future wives, made up of daughters of Commanders, many of whom have been taken away from their birth parents, and so-called Pearl Girls, recruited from outside of Gilead. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Agnes attends a preparatory school run by Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who watches over the daughters of Gilead’s elite both literally and in the form of a towering statue in the school’s atrium. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 The show follows Agnes (Infiniti), the daughter of a high-ranking commander enrolled in an elite preparatory school run by Aunt Lydia (Dowd). — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for preparatory school

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Noun

Prior to starting at Eton, George attended Lambrook School, a private prep school near Windsor, alongside his siblings, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

— Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
The eight-episode show follows rower Teagan Tao (played by Miku Martineau), who joins an elite prep school’s all-boys crew team after her life is upended by a family scandal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of prep school

Noun

In the area that later became the United States, as many as 600,000 Native Americans were enslaved during this period, with many more stolen from families into the twentieth century through boarding school, fostering, and adoption programs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Anne demonstrated decades ago that a princess could leave the immediate royal bubble, attend boarding school and develop considerable independence.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of boarding school

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Seventy percent of Gen Z women who started playing sports continued through the end of high or secondary school, compared with 62% of Baby Boomers.

— Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of secondary school

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At an elementary school, Salomon picks up three trash bins full of cafeteria food refuse, including what appears to be leftover Sloppy Joe meat in a clear bag swarmed by flies.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Bush was visiting an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida, when Chief of Staff Andrew Card informed him that planes had struck the World Trade Center.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of elementary school

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In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The impact on schools is especially striking, says Marie Gorette Mutuyimana, a primary school teacher of 28 years who crosses the river twice every weekday to get to and from work.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of primary school

Noun

The Cowboys immediately involved him in free agency and draft prep.

— Zak Keefer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Unlike tasting events held in spaces with kitchens attached, Tower Bridge Dinner has commissary tents on the West Sacramento side of the bridge, with limited cooking and prep options.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of prep

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The schools will experience a temporary (one-year) ban from using artificial intelligence for all students through eighth grade, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced last week.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
His high school, college and NFL jerseys hang in the hallway of the only school in town (his 2019 graduating class of 23 people is considered big here).

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of school

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Despite those difficulties, Fiesta Hispana remained free and continued its support of educational opportunities for high school and college students and nonprofit organizations.

— J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
But the changes came after the early signing day for high school recruits and just before the transfer portal opened — not much time for new staffers to assess FSU’s personnel and fortify its roster.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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