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trade school

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Definition of trade school

as in public school

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Recent Examples of trade school When participants come into the program, some want to finish a trade school, like HVAC or beauty school, while others may want to improve their grades. — Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026 Certified workers in the trades, of which there is a significant shortage, can make $100K/year a few years out of trade school, for example. — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026 Citing capacity concerns, Sabold has advice for anyone considering a trade school like his. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026 Fortunately, some lenders offer student loans specifically designed for trade school, though they may be labeled as career training loans or something similar. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for trade school

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Noun

My professional experience, community service, public school involvement and commitment to listening.

— Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
School districts get the largest portion of property taxes and serve as a primary source of public school funding, according to the Illinois Department of Revenue.

— Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb where the party was supposed to be held.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026
Cody’s script follows Roxanne, an obsessive high school senior who goes to her ex-boyfriend’s college campus to win him back, only to wage war on his new girlfriend and accidentally find the first person who truly understands her.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

Library patron Betsie Hale did quilling years ago when her children were in grammar school, making Christmas ornaments on white paper with pearls or rhinestones for her kids to give away as presents.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of grammar school

Noun

From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.

— Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026
Becerra was quiet and serious when Franco first met him in junior high school, but slowly warmed up to other students.

— Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of junior high school

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The killing took place last October at the secondary school in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, defense attorney Kitson Foong said, per the Independent.

— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Murphy noted that George, however, is the first future monarch to attend a secondary school like Eton in the age of smartphones and social media, requiring even more privacy precautions than in the past.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

This school year, Mayor Mamdani paused the use of AI for elementary and middle school students, and provided grade-appropriate bans or guidance on screen time.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
The Restler-Williams plan does nothing to fix the city’s nearly 1,600 other public schools, where most eighth-graders cannot do middle school math and one-third of students are chronically absent.

— Wai Wah Chin, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of middle school

Noun

For example, a smartwatch in elementary school, then a basic phone in early middle school, then a restricted smartphone later, with each step tied to how your child handled the previous one.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
The app’s office sits a stone’s throw away from the Liangzhu ruins, on the second floor of a gray building that used to be an elementary school in the village.

— Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
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.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of common school

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