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Recent Examples of public school
Bachak, a 43-year-old public school teacher, saw the activity as a sign this former coal town had recharged from its polluting past.
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Tim Craig, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Without one, state employees like public school teachers have gone without a state pay raise this school year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
The first day of New York City public school will be unusually late this fall, according to the official 2026-27 school year calendar released Tuesday — forcing families to scramble for child care at the end of summer break.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
The majority of public school parents in Illinois do not want vouchers.
—Erykah Nava, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Tim Craig, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Without one, state employees like public school teachers have gone without a state pay raise this school year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
The first day of New York City public school will be unusually late this fall, according to the official 2026-27 school year calendar released Tuesday — forcing families to scramble for child care at the end of summer break.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
The majority of public school parents in Illinois do not want vouchers.
—Erykah Nava, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public school
- high school
- trade school
- junior high school
- common school
- middle school
- secondary school
- grammar school
- senior high school
Noun
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Zamora supports giving middle and high school communities the option to have an officer on campus at least part-time.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Brown played tackle football in high school at Central Heights in Richmond, Kansas, about 15 miles from Ottawa, before becoming a record-setting linebacker for the program.—
PJ Green
April 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The contest has three student categories for grades K-8, grades 9-2 and college/trade school students.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The share of teenagers considering vocational or trade school has more than doubled, from 12% in 2018 to 30% in 2024, according to JLL.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Two days after the hearing a class of junior high school students unrolled a fifty-foot-long petition down the middle aisle of the city council chamber in nearby Baytown.—
Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
12 May 2025
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Work on the new middle school project will begin in just a few weeks.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Five middle school students are being hailed as heroes after jumping in to stop their school bus when their driver lost consciousness.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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People stand at the courtyard of a secondary school where an assailant opened fire, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The secondary school was briefly placed on lockdown before the pursuit continued.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.—
Hettie O'Brien,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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