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Recent Examples of secondary school
Raducanu attended Newstead Wood School, a highly selective secondary school in Orpington, Greater London.
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Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.
—William McCorkle, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
More than 200 million years after this creature last roamed what is now the United Kingdom, scientists have formally identified it as a new species — and named it after a secondary school physics teacher in Wales.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
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Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.
—William McCorkle, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
More than 200 million years after this creature last roamed what is now the United Kingdom, scientists have formally identified it as a new species — and named it after a secondary school physics teacher in Wales.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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Our contract enabled the school district to implement mandatory recess for elementary school students; codify smaller class sizes; expand access to honors, arts, music and sports; and establish dual language schools in the Black community on the West and South sides.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Jarvis and Rosen first rubbed elbows in elementary school.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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These key distinctions make AI education more than a buzzword, highlighting the real-world difference between pupils learning career-ready technical skills versus efforts to force the nascent technology into primary school classrooms.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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Among the casualties of Operation Epic Fury’s first day were more than a hundred and seventy-five people, most of them little girls, at the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, in the southern city of Minab.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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But these three high school students aren't arranging bouquets in a floral shop.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.—
OCVarsity sports staff,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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The first day of New York City public school will be unusually late this fall, according to the official 2026-27 school year calendar released Tuesday — forcing families to scramble for child care at the end of summer break.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Catawba County commissioners voted Monday to merge the county’s three public school systems, starting a yearslong consolidation despite strong opposition from educators and residents.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication.—
Corinne Brion,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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Vargas points to a significant move made by the Los Angeles Unified School District last year, impacting all elementary and middle school campuses.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Rodriguez, whose family adopted Sibomana-Rodriguez when the teen was in middle school, then introduced him to the family sport.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Meyers’ father, Michael, coached for 23 years at grammar schools and high schools on the South Side of Chicago.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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