prep school

noun

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Compared with many other area prep schools, this one has more students and more money. Max Kutner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024 Three top players in the CCC – Bela Cucuta of Newington, who averaged almost 25 ppg last year; Callie Cosgrove of Conard, who scored her 1,000th point as a junior last year and E.O. Smith’s Jill Dingler, who helped her team to a state title two years ago, are all at prep schools. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 Dec. 2024 Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who has been named a person of interest in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, attended a private prep school in Baltimore before studying at the University of Pennsylvania, according to his LinkedIn account and spokespeople for both schools. Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 The man police suspect of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was class valedictorian at a prestigious Maryland prep school and graduated with honors from an Ivy League school. Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for prep school 

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First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prep school was in 1829

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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prep%20school. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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