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Recent Examples of preparatory school
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
Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 650 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2025
Located in Lisle, Illinois, Benet Academy is a private Catholic college preparatory school that competes in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
The series follows Agnes, played by Infiniti, and Daisy, played by Lucy Halliday, who navigate a preparatory school in dystopian Gilead.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 650 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2025
Located in Lisle, Illinois, Benet Academy is a private Catholic college preparatory school that competes in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
The series follows Agnes, played by Infiniti, and Daisy, played by Lucy Halliday, who navigate a preparatory school in dystopian Gilead.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preparatory school
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Most prep school players take a pit stop for a year in the USHL or Canadian Jr.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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In Windsor, George, Charlotte and Louis, the grandchildren of King Charles III, live a relatively quiet life, attending Lambrook School, a prep school for children ages 3-13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Defender’s role in that family is the rugged, rebellious brother who misbehaves out in the wild while Discovery gets the princes and princesses off to boarding school.—
John Scott Lewinski,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2026
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Eleanor Middlin was 15 when her family sent her to a Missouri boarding school, an 11-hour drive from her mid-Michigan home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Raducanu attended Newstead Wood School, a highly selective secondary school in Orpington, Greater London.—
Laura Payne,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.—
William McCorkle,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Sacramento Police Department on Sunday night released body camera footage of an officer shooting a suspect near an elementary school last month in the Northgate area.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the Lake Nona name was already used for a high school and middle school, the elementary school was not located in the development itself.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Talankin was a beloved events coordinator and school videographer at his primary school in the remote Russian town of Karabash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Wunmi also developed a curious daily ritual of coming home every day after primary school, drinking cartons of long-life milk, and watching Annie.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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Streamline a process by clearing your inbox fast, or create a short prep ritual before workouts, then track how your energy holds up.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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With the prep set, here is Vogue’s guide to some of the best short nail designs.—
Georgia Day,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2026
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Court documents show the school paid Olivares more than $220,000 beginning last year for materials and labor to fix the roof.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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In this case, the building was once a school and, in its last iteration, a textile warehouse—nothing resembling its royal origins.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Hadwick says more must be done to encourage young people to quit nicotine, noting that roughly 7% of California high school students currently report using nicotine products.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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On his 18th birthday, the senior on the Irvine baseball team celebrated adulthood in glorious high school style.—
Martin Henderson,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Preparatory school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preparatory%20school. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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