trade school

noun

: a secondary school teaching the skilled trades

Examples of trade school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Reach out to your trade school, college, or university instructors. Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 11 June 2024 Layoffs, retirements, industrial outsourcing and the trend away from trade schools and toward college also contributed to labor and supply chain shrinkage. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2024 For his next step, Damari wants to attend trade school to become an electrician or HVAC technician. Sammy Caiola, NPR, 4 June 2024 While some choose to attend an alternative trade school or forgo college altogether, most graduates opt to enroll in college in a bid for independence. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for trade school 

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Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trade school was in 1829

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“Trade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20school. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

trade school

noun
: a secondary school teaching the skilled trades

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