as in academy
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
one of the first schools in the country to admit girls as students
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as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The Baltimore County Board of Education voted on Monday to approve the new school superintendent's contract.
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Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Alan J. Borsuk,
jsonline.com,
12 June 2026
Hundreds of striped angelfish and iridescent parrotfish schooled through the water in rippling clouds, scales flashing.
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Julie Orringer,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
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The same brain-drain has affected Venezuelan schools, which suffered serious teacher shortages before the earthquake.
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The Baltimore County Board of Education voted on Monday to approve the new school superintendent's contract.
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Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Verb
There are people doing the hard work that schools such as Hi-Mount require.
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Alan J. Borsuk,
jsonline.com,
12 June 2026
Hundreds of striped angelfish and iridescent parrotfish schooled through the water in rippling clouds, scales flashing.
—
Julie Orringer,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for school
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That hit Inter’s radar and the Serie A champions were keen to pair Palestra, their former academy player, with Dimarco this summer.
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The Zinfandel First Responder Training Facility, at 3801 Zinfandel Drive, will serve as the district’s permanent training academy, preparing recruits and other first responders who protect more than 750,000 residents in Sacramento and Placer counties.
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While younger generations were taught in school about the atrocities of the Holocaust, the book found that family lore continued to sanitize the past with grandparents often painted as heroes, rescuers or victims themselves.
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Those conversations taught him to look at himself as someone who could solve problems.
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Stracke, who's also a mom to son James, 19, and daughter Porter, 24, revealed that her eldest son intends to enter a seminary and join the priesthood.
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The former seminary's crypt now houses the Wine Grotto.
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Originally established to support anonymous crime-tip programs, the event has grown to help fund specialized equipment for local law enforcement, provide youth scholarships and educate participants about crime prevention efforts in the community.
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Its job is to educate the public, adopt regulations and investigate, audit and penalize businesses that mishandle personal information.
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“School.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/school. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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