as in secondary school
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Recent Examples of primary school
Both are from Ecuador and had known each other since primary school, according to the outlet.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The industrial terrazzo flooring and long, low-ceilinged hallways reminded me of an old primary school frozen in time.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
My son goes to the same primary school that his mother and grandmother attended.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The industrial terrazzo flooring and long, low-ceilinged hallways reminded me of an old primary school frozen in time.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
My son goes to the same primary school that his mother and grandmother attended.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- common school
- senior high school
- middle school
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Instead, the hardline Islamist group has done an about-face and banned women from going to university, closed secondary schools and beauty salons, and stopped women from working at NGOs, including at the United Nations.—
Salma Abdelaziz,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Historic buildings, elementary and secondary schools, manufacturing buildings, agricultural buildings and federal buildings can apply to be exempted.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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The monthly goal is to give away about a thousand books, usually to elementary schools, middle schools and different children’s organizations, or to have students come into the bookstore and clear the shelves themselves.—
Shanzeh Ahmad,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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Prairie Park Elementary, 2711 Kensington Road, is one of ten elementary schools in Lawrence Unified School District 497.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2025
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Day two of the Texas high school boys basketball UIL state championships are here.—
Charles Baggarly and,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Rodriguez got his first true glimpse of just how good Carson Beck could be when the two were both still in high school.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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Many Mennonite families don’t send children to public schools.—
Carlos Nogueras Ramos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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In interviews with The News, parents have repeatedly expressed a desire to remain in the city, but a struggle to make ends meet while waiting for public school.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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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
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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The system's junior high ranked first statewide among middle schools in overall ATLAS growth with a rate of 88.11%.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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By middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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