prep school

noun

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Starting with 1998’s Rushmore, his sophomore effort, set at a prep school, Anderson began keeping track of his own props, costumes and other crucial objects. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025 The future king is currently studying at co-educational prep school Lambrook in the Berkshire countryside. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025 Chicago Tribune Goldin started his journey in the United States at a prep school in Connecticut. Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025 Mangione was class valedictorian at the Gilman School, a prep school in Maryland. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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