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Recent Examples of primary school
In a TikTok video earlier this month, creator Angelina PJ recalled buying friendship necklaces in primary school for each of her friends' birthdays.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
My primary school did not have water at all.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Outside the Santa Luiza primary school, behind a blue iron gate, there is movement and laughter.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
On July 25, Wood, a primary school teacher, shared the outtakes online—and the internet loved every second of it.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
My primary school did not have water at all.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Outside the Santa Luiza primary school, behind a blue iron gate, there is movement and laughter.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
On July 25, Wood, a primary school teacher, shared the outtakes online—and the internet loved every second of it.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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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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Girls were notably banned from secondary school the next month, meaning that online education became one of the last avenues of hope.—
Zahra Nader,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sulaiman was in his third year of the Madrasah Tsanawiyah, or secondary school.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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One challenge from last year was raising her younger kids, one in elementary school and two in middle school, while balancing a full-time job.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Recognizing the potential of his religious pupils, Kamp set up a chess team at an elementary school near the Collective’s setup in Tonto Village.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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All kinds of high school sports events and the monster that was covering college recruiting.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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The former five-star recruit played some quarterback in high school and showed off his nice arm by throwing an accurate ball backward to Styles while getting hit.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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More than $200 million for Michigan's universal school meals program that provides free breakfast and lunch for every PreK-12 public school student.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The bus was carrying both private and public school children, Ridgell said.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 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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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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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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TikToker and books commentator Kenzie Deerin, who was introduced to the series in middle school, says the vampiric tale sparked her love for the fantasy romance genre.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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