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Recent Examples of reform school
Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher (Cillian Murphy) of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 27 Sep. 2025
Porter’s original story was told from the perspective of Shy, a troubled teenager at a reform school, the final stop before prison.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Operated by the title character, Steve — into whom lead actor Cillian Murphy channels all sorts of irreconcilable conflict — this is the reform school of last resort.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Their recidivism is fueled by law enforcement indulgence: pretrial diversion, rehabilitation fantasies, probation or reform school.
—Armstrong Williams, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 27 Sep. 2025
Porter’s original story was told from the perspective of Shy, a troubled teenager at a reform school, the final stop before prison.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Operated by the title character, Steve — into whom lead actor Cillian Murphy channels all sorts of irreconcilable conflict — this is the reform school of last resort.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Their recidivism is fueled by law enforcement indulgence: pretrial diversion, rehabilitation fantasies, probation or reform school.
—Armstrong Williams, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reform school
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The former gymnasium for the laborer training school that once occupied the property and now serves as Olivet’s chapel is decorated with holiday decor on December 13, 2022, for an upcoming choir concert.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Others include the operator of a flight training school in Pennsylvania.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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The novel was inspired by Steinbeck’s journalism work, particularly for The San Francisco News, which had commissioned him to cover migrant labor camps in the Salinas valley.—
Paul Slovak
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Every day, the MLA team crisscrosses west Michigan in search of labor camps.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Maxwell was transferred from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas after being interviewed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in July.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Takei and his family were eventually moved to a prison camp in Arkansas.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The show also sees Watkins expose Gein to disturbing material, such as photos from concentration camps and books about notorious Nazi war criminal Ilse Koch (played by Vicky Krieps), who, as Gein would go on to do, allegedly collected human skin and body parts.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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The wife of the commander at one of Germany’s largest Nazi concentration camps allegedly had a desire to own objects made of human skin, per The Conversation.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Koskinen baby was reunited with his mother, and Marzano went to a reformatory.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2025
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Due’s novel follows a 12-year-old boy in the 1950s sentenced to an infamous reformatory where ghosts in the halls tell stories about the boys that have been abused and gone missing there.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Reform school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reform%20school. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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