as in academies
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 teaches
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions
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Recent Examples of schools
Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Lodges like Time + Tide’s Chinzombo fund schools, clinics, and anti-poaching teams.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In 2022, multiple schools received anonymous bomb threats, causing shelter-in-place notices or evacuations of the majority-Black institutions.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
When schools closed, sports teams paused, and friendships were confined to screens during COVID-19, young people bore the brunt of disconnection.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Get rid of Wi-Fi and return to Ethernet, which would allow schools greater control over where and when students use digital technologies.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Malachi received plenty of interest from schools at both the Group of 5 and Power 4 levels.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
Only about 3% of this year's participating students came from D-or-F-rated schools, which Smith said reflected little change from the previous year.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Lodges like Time + Tide’s Chinzombo fund schools, clinics, and anti-poaching teams.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In 2022, multiple schools received anonymous bomb threats, causing shelter-in-place notices or evacuations of the majority-Black institutions.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
When schools closed, sports teams paused, and friendships were confined to screens during COVID-19, young people bore the brunt of disconnection.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Get rid of Wi-Fi and return to Ethernet, which would allow schools greater control over where and when students use digital technologies.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Malachi received plenty of interest from schools at both the Group of 5 and Power 4 levels.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schools
Noun
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After years of allowing chronically underenrolled public schools to struggle, Chicago is spending millions to transform three into STEAM academies, hoping to draw families back to the neighborhood schools that many of them abandoned.—
Mila Koumpilova,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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Trump has been especially interested in reshaping education practices at military academies in his second term.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mariachi Los Claveles is comprised of musicians from Woodland Unified School District schools through the Woodland nonprofit of the same name that teaches mariachi to local youth.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Experience teaches us to pause, consider context and choose a deliberate response.—
Nirit Cohen,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, neo-traditionalist Catholic groups—with their own parishes and seminaries—will continue on a different course from the rest of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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The school district, which educates about 23,000 students, is working toward making CPR a skill that every student learns at least once a year starting in fifth grade, said Superintendent Joe Harrington.—
Ciara McCarthy
September 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Schools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schools. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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