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Recent Examples of public school
My mom’s a public school teacher, my pa’s a HVAC technician.
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, public school students who rely on school for access to food can pick up meals at the same sites that students picked up food on Monday.
—Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
As a result, their students experienced minimal learning loss and fewer social-emotional setbacks; public school students saw devastating declines in achievement and well-being.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
The other day, our public school system had to send a note to parents saying the rumors of an impending ICE presence in our schools was unfounded.
—Ernesto Burden, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, public school students who rely on school for access to food can pick up meals at the same sites that students picked up food on Monday.
—Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
As a result, their students experienced minimal learning loss and fewer social-emotional setbacks; public school students saw devastating declines in achievement and well-being.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
The other day, our public school system had to send a note to parents saying the rumors of an impending ICE presence in our schools was unfounded.
—Ernesto Burden, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public school
- high school
- trade school
- junior high school
- common school
- middle school
- secondary school
- grammar school
- senior high school
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Lappe, in his first high school at-bat, delivered an RBI double.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The second big night of high school boys hockey section tournament play again went very much according to seed.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
19 Feb. 2026
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Applicants must be permanent Illinois residents and be enrolled in a college, university or trade school for the 2026-27 academic year.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Eligible California public school students can claim an account with up to $1,500 in university or trade school funds, while all children born in the state on or after July 1, 2022, can receive up to $175.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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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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Vinny Sigala saw the neighborhood start to change throughout his years in middle school and high school.—
Andrés Soto,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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As longtime college math faculty in San Diego County, we were taken aback by the news about first-year students struggling with middle school math at UC San Diego.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The secondary school has just 175 students from Grades 7 to 12, according to the province’s website.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing also supports K–12 STEM outreach programs through the University of South Carolina, which include engagement with primary and secondary school students across the state.—
Jason Phillips,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
19 Nov. 2025
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The former five-star prospect missed his entire senior high school season and freshman college season due to a torn ACL, reinjuring the same knee that had already been surgically repaired.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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This is the podcast that would make my senior high school English teacher, Mr. Bergeron, very happy.—
Richard Wagoner,
Daily News,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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