trade school

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Recent Examples of trade school Going to a trade school or seeking a two-year associate’s degree can put students on a direct path to get a job in a technical area, such as becoming a registered nurse or electrician. Shannon Pickett, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025 The association also has an annual scholarship that helps high school seniors pay for college or trade school. Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Nov. 2025 Peasley, 13, plans to attend trade school to earn her cosmetology license, and later pursue a degree to become a financial adviser. Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025 Technical colleges and trade school options have become increasingly popular, especially since the pandemic. Rachel Spector, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trade school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade school
Noun
  • Married to a public school teacher and dad to two daughters.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Acuff won a high school state championship at the Breslin Center in 2023.
    Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
  • After a dedication ceremony at his former high school, Dak Prescott said losing Kneeland left him with a heavy heart.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Prince George is also facing another major change, as he is set to turn 13 on July 22 and begin his secondary school career in the fall.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • These groups provide financial help to elementary and secondary school students from low- and middle-income families.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Matt Rakowich, 32, and Bryan Bennis, 33, are middle school friends turned real estate partners.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Nope In national-news humiliation, a Meridian middle school teacher inadvertently triggered a firestorm by refusing to remove two signs that had been in her classroom for four years.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Younger children in prekindergarten and elementary school had the highest rates of both infection and illness on average.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Montclair parents found that most elementary school students can handle a distance of 3-5 miles, and the group travels at a speed of around 6 miles per hour so the younger kids can keep up.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.
    Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.
    Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025

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“Trade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trade%20school. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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