trade school

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Recent Examples of trade school The share of teenagers considering vocational or trade school has more than doubled, from 12% in 2018 to 30% in 2024, according to JLL. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026 Reyes said her son planned to enroll in trade school to become a mechanic. Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026 By having a trade school on the property, students will have the opportunity to work on productions while also getting an education. Samuel O’Neal April 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026 Once a student grew up, the account holding that starting contribution and any additional funds their family contributed could have been used to help pay for education after high school, including college or trade school. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trade school
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Noun
  • In December 2019, school district officials sent documentation of Agan’s firing, along with details of their investigation, to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California’s educator licensing agency, as state law requires for public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct.
    Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
  • This school year alone, the TEA reports that Texas saw 75,000 fewer public school students.
    Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Those margins are substantial at the elite high school level.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Those of us who paid attention in high school social studies know that only Congress can declare war.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.
    Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Next year, the city’s junior high school campuses will have a more restrictive policy that includes limiting cellphone use during lunch.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
  • An upcoming rally at a Chino Hills junior high school celebrating America's 250th birthday is creating some confusion and tension among parents.
    Zach Boetto, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
  • After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • His younger sister in middle school plays, too.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • How Agan Returned to the Classroom As the state considered the matter, Agan applied for a job at a Sacramento middle school about an hour away from Rodriguez High in May 2020.
    Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Some other basics include pull-ups, squats and endurance challenges, like running a mile — the kind of basics included in an elementary school fitness assessment.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • Watson and Williams were friends since elementary school, ran track together in high school, and stayed close during their college years—during which Watson was a student athlete at UIC.
    Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 12 May 2025

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

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