primary school

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Recent Examples of primary school My 5-year-old daughter will start primary school in Italy this September. Cassandra Tresl, CNBC, 27 June 2026 Tomoko Nagane, the primary school principal in Hashikami, in Aomori prefecture, told NHK that classes were canceled for the day and that all children returned home safely. Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026 In Belgium, soaring temperatures forced a primary school near Brussels to relocate its final exams to a nearby church. Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2026 The primary school serves girls and boys from both host and displaced communities. Michael Sandler, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for primary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary school
Noun
  • According to the law, officers generally cannot arrest someone under SB 4 at a public or private primary or secondary school.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • 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.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • He was charged with possession of child pornography in 2018 and hosted his campaign kickoff in front of an elementary school.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Despite her typically sweet and rule-following ways, Weeks got called to her elementary school principal’s office after getting in the face of a boy who picked on her best friend, according to Kristen Weeks.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The approach of the 250th anniversary has brought up complicated feelings for Galvan, 18, and Olivia Suarez, both of whom just finished high school in Long Beach, California.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Elle is in high school when her parents relocated to Seattle, and the first season follows her attempts to find a path in the Pacific Northwest, helped along by her mother’s guidance.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The two companies violated the law by repeatedly giving cash stipends and personal travel rewards to public school employees — primarily teachers — for organizing school trips and recruiting students for the trips, according to the State Ethics Commission.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Cothiere and Hill are both active public school teachers.
    Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.
    Mac Engel June 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
  • An announcement over the intercom of the middle school Anderson and her sister, Cassie, attended changed that.
    Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026

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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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