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Recent Examples of preparatory school
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.
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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).
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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.
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Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for preparatory school
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preparatory school
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For the past several years, George had attended Lambrook School, a prep school in Berkshire, England, with his younger siblings, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
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For most students, Bishop Kearney is a private Catholic prep school.
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June 9 Lex Croucher’s adult debut follows Briar Jones, who at 11 is rejected from the Temple School of Thaumaturgy, a secretive boarding school for the magically gifted.
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Bet follows the students at a boarding school for the global elite, where underground gambling determines the school’s hierarchy.
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At 16, Elizabeth had just written her Basic Education Certificate Examination, an important academic milestone for junior secondary school students in Ghana seeking to advance to higher education.
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The couple has decided where the 12-year-old royal will attend secondary school.
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One such report is on an investigation into the strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed more than 165 people on the first day of the war, most of them children.
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In 2015, the actress joked to People that her husband had more cachet with their daughter’s peers than her when Charlotte was in elementary school.
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The regulations include draconian restrictions on women and girls, including bans on education beyond primary school and what women can wear.
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The young Brooks’s disciplinary problems began with fights in primary school and culminated in his expulsion from college for threatening a policeman with a firearm.
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That on-court prep matters for Indiana’s decision makers, and the face-to-face meetings with prospects are sometimes more valuable at this stage of the process.
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Thomas was born in Pittsburgh and attended Lincoln Park Performing Arts in Beaver County before transferring to Overtime Elite for his senior prep season.
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Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, all high schools will be required to offer a personal finance course.
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One person is dead Monday following a fatal crash outside a south Kansas City school.
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Ortega graduated from high school as an accomplished student-athlete and through his DACA status was able to earn a college degree and become a teacher.
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The community will feature two lakes, a 50-acre city park, 156 acres of commercial development, a 55-acre business park and 206 acres for two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school in Denton ISD.
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“Preparatory school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preparatory%20school. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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