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
Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
These schools boarding schools would strip Native children of their identity, language, traditional clothes and other parts of their culture and heritage to forcefully assimilate them into American society.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Players getting paid directly by schools, coaches getting paid even more to stop working, dueling legislation in Congress — those are only part of the off-field chaos that pales in comparison to the actual games being played.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
Disproportionately high property taxes are one telltale sign of a city trapped in a cycle of municipal debt, and so are weak public services—underfunded schools, underpaid teachers, aging recreation centers, sewer systems in need of an upgrade.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Under this program, the country's high-poverty schools serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to students.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
Since Ohio’s public schools were only open to white children, abolitionists started their own schools for Black children — and periodically faced attacks by white citizens.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Beggs has four children in ISD schools this year, with another child having graduated since the four-day schedule started.
—Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
The state will collect feedback and purchasing data during the pilot year to evaluate the program, and there are plans to expand into additional schools across the state in the 2026-27 school year, the release said.
—Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
These schools boarding schools would strip Native children of their identity, language, traditional clothes and other parts of their culture and heritage to forcefully assimilate them into American society.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Players getting paid directly by schools, coaches getting paid even more to stop working, dueling legislation in Congress — those are only part of the off-field chaos that pales in comparison to the actual games being played.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
Disproportionately high property taxes are one telltale sign of a city trapped in a cycle of municipal debt, and so are weak public services—underfunded schools, underpaid teachers, aging recreation centers, sewer systems in need of an upgrade.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Under this program, the country's high-poverty schools serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to students.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
Since Ohio’s public schools were only open to white children, abolitionists started their own schools for Black children — and periodically faced attacks by white citizens.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Beggs has four children in ISD schools this year, with another child having graduated since the four-day schedule started.
—Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schools
Noun
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So how do academies get their players?—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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From its first sessions in New York to academies now spanning the United States, the United Kingdom, and Austria, FSA has become a bridge between continents.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The fact that Tunde is a Nigerian American guy who lives in Cambridge and teaches at Harvard is not really interesting to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Creating screen-free moments teaches teens the value of friendship, fun, and being in the moment.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
1 Nov. 2025
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
David M. Ewalt,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
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Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Painted Turtle, which provides a summer camp experience for kids with serious medical issues, and the Bridge School, which educates children with severe speech and physical disabilities.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Schools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schools. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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