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yeshiva

noun

variants also yeshivah
Definition of yeshivanext
as in madrassa

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Recent Examples of yeshiva Teitz, said their yeshiva is the only Jewish house of worship in town, where forty roughly high-school age students attend. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026 The modern Yiddish theater was conjured into being in barns and beer halls by Avrom Goldfaden, a yeshiva student turned impresario, in 1870s Romania. — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026 What To Know The Lawsuit A yeshiva is a Jewish religious school, typically for boys, that focuses on intensive study of sacred texts such as the Torah and Talmud, with varying amounts of general secular education depending on the community. — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025 Prosecutors had tried pointing to two cases – the 1994 shooting of a van full of Hasidic yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the 1997 shooting from the observation deck of the Empire State Building – as terroristic acts that ended with just one deceased victim. — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yeshiva
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  1. madrassa
  2. kindergarten
  3. charter school
  4. school
Noun
  • Opened in March on the grounds of the Hazrati Imam ensemble, a 25-acre architectural site that includes a historic mosque and madrassa, the center is a research library, a digital learning hub, and the world's largest museum of Islamic civilization.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
  • One was a girls' madrassa, or religious school.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
Definition of madrassa
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  • The kindergarten his daughter attends must move the children to a shelter whenever an air-raid alert sounds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The press conference was for the governor to sign a series of bills, including a literacy bill that provides training and support for educators, requires screening for dyslexia and other learning disabilities and mandates kindergarten attendance.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of kindergarten
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  • The Republican candidates are Andy Anuzis, who has worked as a charter school principal and the president of the charter school network Cornerstone Schools, and former WSU Board of Governors candidate Christa Murphy, who has worked in technology.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Superintendent Howard Hepburn proposed the board to close 10 schools at a workshop on Tuesday, including William Dandy Middle in Fort Lauderdale, a school where a Schools of Hope charter school plans to move in.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of charter school
Noun
  • The schools will experience a temporary (one-year) ban from using artificial intelligence for all students through eighth grade, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced last week.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • His high school, college and NFL jerseys hang in the hallway of the only school in town (his 2019 graduating class of 23 people is considered big here).
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of school

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