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Recent Examples of secondary school
There's no school for Vrana's two older children, who travel to Fourni for secondary school by ferry.
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Sarah McCammon, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
Nearly three-quarters of the 119 million girls out of school worldwide are of secondary school-age, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Sulaiman was in his third year of the Madrasah Tsanawiyah, or secondary school.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
According to Florida law, that includes police stations, prisons, polling places, elementary or secondary school buildings and locations where open carry is prohibited by federal law.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
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Sarah McCammon, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
Nearly three-quarters of the 119 million girls out of school worldwide are of secondary school-age, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Sulaiman was in his third year of the Madrasah Tsanawiyah, or secondary school.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
According to Florida law, that includes police stations, prisons, polling places, elementary or secondary school buildings and locations where open carry is prohibited by federal law.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
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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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One month after Amber’s murder, Williams visited her daughter’s elementary school classmates.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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New Elementary School on Park Road CMS is constructing a new 45-classroom elementary school to serve students in Sedgefield and Dilworth, replacing Dilworth Elementary.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Partnering with the Irish Department of Education, the commission asked primary school students to document the folklore in their own communities.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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After leaving his post-graduate engineering job, Nye kicked off a career in comedy before landing a pilot that would land him in primary school classrooms for years to come.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
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Silverfield visited Gilbert's high school during the recruiting process, which isn't the norm for head coaches with kickers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Jan. 2026
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The program is for high school students who are not four-year college bound and provides free mentorship and early career exposure along with help building skills.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Married to a public school teacher and dad to two daughters.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Also annually, a third element is $300,000 to each of 13 state public school collegiate athletic departments.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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The fourth annual Home Run Derby, a fundraising event that supports scholarships for South Bay senior high school athletes, is set for Nov. 22 at Eastlake High School.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Nov. 2025
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Investigators accuse him of coercing middle school football players to perform nude exercises in a locker room and secretly photographing them in various stages of undress.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The other case was brought by a West Virginia middle school student barred by state law from competing in school sports.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
19 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, across the border, the Illinois governor delivered an address asking federal officials to suspend operations through the holiday weekend after their agents deployed tear gas and interrupted a Chicago grammar school’s Halloween festivities.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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