at school
idiom
British
: attending school as a student
My parents won't let me get a job while I'm at school.
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After getting into a fight at school, Marielle (Laeni Geiseler) spontaneously develops the capacity to eavesdrop on her parents’ lives.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
An elementary student was saved by a laptop after a firearm went off in another student’s backpack at school, Alabama media reports said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
But adding guitar after school has opened a form of relatable music to students who missed out on school music, as well as for students who are studying classical and jazz music at school, but long to play the guitar.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Districts from Paterson, N.J. to Cincinnati, OH to Chicago, Ill. report that attendance is affected by students' and parents' fears of raids at school, or alternatively, fear of returning home to discover that family members were taken.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
An elementary student was saved by a laptop after a firearm went off in another student’s backpack at school, Alabama media reports said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
But adding guitar after school has opened a form of relatable music to students who missed out on school music, as well as for students who are studying classical and jazz music at school, but long to play the guitar.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Districts from Paterson, N.J. to Cincinnati, OH to Chicago, Ill. report that attendance is affected by students' and parents' fears of raids at school, or alternatively, fear of returning home to discover that family members were taken.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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“At school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20school. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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