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Recent Examples of secondary school
The new tax law allows up to $10,000 in tax-free distributions this year from section 529 plans to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, including private schools and religious schools.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
According to recent Panorama surveys, students – especially in secondary schools – report feeling disconnected from their learning.
—Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
Dalton developed a passion for hardscrabble rural agriculture in his first job, teaching biology and chemistry in a secondary school in Kenya.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
He was involved with IEEE Canada’s Teacher-in-Service Program, an initiative that aims to improve elementary and secondary school technical education by offering teachers lesson plans and training workshops.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2022
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
According to recent Panorama surveys, students – especially in secondary schools – report feeling disconnected from their learning.
—Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
Dalton developed a passion for hardscrabble rural agriculture in his first job, teaching biology and chemistry in a secondary school in Kenya.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
He was involved with IEEE Canada’s Teacher-in-Service Program, an initiative that aims to improve elementary and secondary school technical education by offering teachers lesson plans and training workshops.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2022
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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
Noun
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Dating can feel like the elementary school playground sometimes.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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The position of elementary education among the least susceptible to poverty might be surprising, but elementary school teachers are scarce and in demand.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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On Friday afternoon, around 200 guests including local journalists, influencers, shopping mall representatives, VIP shoppers, 12 local primary school students and a living buddha witnessed the explosive work live.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
21 Sep. 2025
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One in three primary school teachers were on strike nationwide, and nearly one in two walked off the job in Paris, the FSU-SNUipp union said.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Matt believes that Ethan is handling the transition from high school to the pros well.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
20 Sep. 2025
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The high school is at 8000 75th Street North, which is about a mile away from that intersection.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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Elevate, which consults widely across pro and college sports, said the vehicle was fully funded by private equity firm Velocity Capital Management and the Texas Permanent School Fund (TPSF), a special-purpose government corporation that oversees a nearly $60 billion public school endowment.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The results were about the same from the 2023-24 school year, with public school students' performance on the reading portion of the exam improving by less than a percentage point.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 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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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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In this program, families of elementary, middle school and high school children come to a local Target, shop for school clothes and hygiene products of their choice and Assistance League pays for their purchases.—
Jessica Peralta,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Last year’s grants included projects such as math games for elementary students, a stream table to model erosion and deposition at a middle school, 3D printers for a high-school industrial technology program and broadcasting equipment for a middle school.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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