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
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The layoff notices, approved by a 4-3 vote, target central and regional office staff, who were described as providing direct and important services to schools.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Compare the current setup to, say, 2004, when the ACC hadn’t yet taken northern schools from the Big East and the Big Ten hadn’t launched 2010s realignment by claiming Nebraska, one of several schools that told the Longhorns to shove it.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Classes have been suspended at many schools and workers furloughed to save energy.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Vermont and Georgia similarly allow families to choose between local schools and private centers.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Multiple schools struck deals with Players Era for payments unrelated to athlete NIL or revenue-sharing including for covering travel expenses.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Several Republican senators have demanded that CEA president Kate Dias resign over her statements concerning ICE activities in and around schools in Minnesota.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026
Some students in the West Ada School District will be routed to different schools next year.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
Noun
The unions pointed to December and January revenues that have exceeded projections and called for a stand-alone meeting once a clearer picture of Proposition 98 funding — the state’s constitutional formula that guarantees minimum funding for K-12 schools — emerges.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The layoff notices, approved by a 4-3 vote, target central and regional office staff, who were described as providing direct and important services to schools.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Compare the current setup to, say, 2004, when the ACC hadn’t yet taken northern schools from the Big East and the Big Ten hadn’t launched 2010s realignment by claiming Nebraska, one of several schools that told the Longhorns to shove it.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Classes have been suspended at many schools and workers furloughed to save energy.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Vermont and Georgia similarly allow families to choose between local schools and private centers.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Multiple schools struck deals with Players Era for payments unrelated to athlete NIL or revenue-sharing including for covering travel expenses.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Several Republican senators have demanded that CEA president Kate Dias resign over her statements concerning ICE activities in and around schools in Minnesota.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026
Some students in the West Ada School District will be routed to different schools next year.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026
Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schools
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Pat Cooligan owns multiple Renzo Gracie academies, which are named after his mentor and master instructor, one of the many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners in the legendary Gracie family.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The pastoral was required reading in military academies.—
Gerard F. Powers,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Aleys teaches Marte to read, but Aleys will suffer for her ideas.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Newsom doesn’t have much in common with voters in states like Ohio or Pennsylvania, Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at University of California Berkeley and University of Southern California, said.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Simon Makin,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Alzheimer’s Association educates the public that finding Alzheimer’s disease early is key to getting them information, care and support quickly.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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