REFORM SCHOOLS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

reform schools

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plural of reform school

as in training schools

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The final pages offered a physical and philosophical account of the concentration camps that was as disturbing in its implications as the newsreels shown in theatres at the war’s end.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Xinjiang is home to many Uyghurs, a Muslim minority that the Chinese government has subjected to surveillance, forced labor and detainment in concentration camps.

— Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

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