as in secondary school
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Recent Examples of primary school
Both are from Ecuador and had known each other since primary school, according to the outlet.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The industrial terrazzo flooring and long, low-ceilinged hallways reminded me of an old primary school frozen in time.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
My son goes to the same primary school that his mother and grandmother attended.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The industrial terrazzo flooring and long, low-ceilinged hallways reminded me of an old primary school frozen in time.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
My son goes to the same primary school that his mother and grandmother attended.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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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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The Jam formed in 1972 while all three band members were in secondary school, and their first album titled In the City released in 1977.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Yet, there is still clear consensus among sleep and health organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, that secondary schools should delay start times to optimize teens’ sleep, mood, health, safety, and learning opportunities.—
Lynne Peeples,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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For years, teachers and parents at a Liberty elementary school have worried that something in and around their campus may be making people sick, leading to a high number of cancer diagnoses.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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The medical and psychiatric records in question supported the argument by relatives of Sandy Hook victims that they had been traumatized by Jones’ assertions that the elementary school massacre was a hoax and by years of harassment by members of his audience.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2025
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Hamby noted older teens in high school should be mindful of behaviors that hinder their personal growth.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Rodriguez got his first true glimpse of just how good Carson Beck could be when the two were both still in high school.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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Across the United States, different public schools have banned different books, with many of these bans taking aim at literature that affirms Black identity and culture.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The issue has historically been a tension point for Texas Republicans, facing opposition from some within the party, particularly among rural House members who have feared for their local public schools.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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Many of these players are lifers, kids who started at Kent Denver in middle school, with a few, like Fay, who had Schayes as their sixth-grade English teacher.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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But my daughters came home from middle school without any mention of it.—
Aya Shechter,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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