primary school

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Recent Examples of primary school In the past, whenever fighting broke out, the organization would also serve any civilian seeking shelter in the enclave’s 300 primary schools—protected by the blue flag of the United Nations. Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024 The key can be found in the country’s primary school system, observes filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024 The extreme pollution prompted Lahore officials to close primary schools for one week and place restrictions on barbecue restaurants, motorcycle rickshaws, and construction activities. Sophia Saifi, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 In this particular paper, the researchers focused on how children aged 6–9 years traveled to and from their primary schools in London and Luton each day. Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for primary school 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary school
Noun
  • In 2023, the district voted him secondary school teacher of the year.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The first day of school for elementary and secondary schools in the 2025-2026 school year is set for Aug. 14, 2025 and the last day of school is June 4, 2026.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The couple met in elementary school and began dating in high school.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Nearly two years prior, three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members were killed in a shooting at The Covenant School, a private elementary school in Nashville.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Winning is something both girls are accustomed to in high school.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • School Board members must remember that their constituents are not only public school students and their parents, but Broward taxpayers as well.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
  • State officials reportedly pegged the total of the hurricane’s damage for western North Carolina public schools to be about $85 million.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.
    Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
  • But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • No one in the group is a stranger—a handful of them are the surfer and skater boys that so many of us had crushes on in middle school.
    Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
  • This year’s finalists include two U.S. History high school teachers, a teacher of appliance and refrigeration repair at a technical school and a middle school orchestra teacher.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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