PREPARATORY SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

preparatory school

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Recent Examples of preparatory school The coming-of-age series centers around a group of young women attending a preparatory school in Gilead. — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for preparatory school

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Just a day after George’s introduction to Eaton, his younger siblings, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8, resumed their studies at Lambrook School, a prestigious co-ed prep school in Ascot, England.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of prep school

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In the haunted heart of New Orleans, Coven Academy follows three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
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

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The killing took place last October at the secondary school in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, defense attorney Kitson Foong said, per the Independent.

— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Murphy noted that George, however, is the first future monarch to attend a secondary school like Eton in the age of smartphones and social media, requiring even more privacy precautions than in the past.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of secondary school

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For example, a smartwatch in elementary school, then a basic phone in early middle school, then a restricted smartphone later, with each step tied to how your child handled the previous one.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
The app’s office sits a stone’s throw away from the Liangzhu ruins, on the second floor of a gray building that used to be an elementary school in the village.

— Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of elementary school

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This week, as Spanish children across the country started their school year, the Reina Sofia primary school in Ceuta did its best to prepare for a normal first week, too – getting the front entrance clean and putting photos of teachers on the wall.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026
In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of primary school

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News that OneSkin’s Peptide Topical Supplement & Skin Longevity Age Reversal Moisturizer is one of her favorite hydration products, and more recently, Parkey Posey used the skin-plumping cream as prep for the 2026 Actor Awards.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026
What research was available to you in your prep on Andrew Borden and the Borden family?

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of prep

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In academic performance, boys lag well behind girls in elementary school, high school, and college, where female undergraduates now outnumber their male peers roughly 2 to 1.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Recommendations From the Star-Telegram, a story on a top high school baseball pitcher being ruled ineligible in Texas for transferring for athletic reasons.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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