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Recent Examples of primary school
The Iranian Red Crescent Society previously put the death toll at 787, including dozens of schoolgirls and staff at a primary school.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
The bombing killed not only Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but reportedly at least 153 people at a primary school, including children.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
Brentford head coach Keith Andrews was relieved when Aaron Hickey’s cross was headed in by Macclesfield defender, and primary school teacher, Sam Heathcote in the 70th minute of their FA Cup fourth-round tie.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
More than half of respondents (52%) with primary school aged children expressed support for the introduction of robotaxis in their city.
—Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
The bombing killed not only Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but reportedly at least 153 people at a primary school, including children.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
Brentford head coach Keith Andrews was relieved when Aaron Hickey’s cross was headed in by Macclesfield defender, and primary school teacher, Sam Heathcote in the 70th minute of their FA Cup fourth-round tie.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
More than half of respondents (52%) with primary school aged children expressed support for the introduction of robotaxis in their city.
—Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- common school
- senior high school
- middle school
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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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This season, for Kitty, for Yuri, for all of our characters, is really about all of them being on the precipice of adulthood, and transitioning in this final year of being seniors in high school into being adults.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox took the floor for a game in Milwaukee with a headband on, in hopes of throwing his look back to his high school days at Cypress Lakes in Katy.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Apr. 2026
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In 2016, the state approved a bill, SB 1413, that allowed public school districts to build affordable rental housing with low-income tax credits.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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And Texas, a red state that is home to about one in 10 of the nation’s public school students, often helps set the agenda.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
12 May 2025
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The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication.—
Corinne Brion,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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That goes back to middle school and high school.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Masayoshi Takanaka’s Journey From Tokyo to TikTok Takanaka, born in Tokyo in 1953, picked up the guitar in middle school, inspired by Western acts including Cream, The Beatles and Ten Years After.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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