training school

noun

1
: a school preparing students for a particular occupation
2
: a correctional institution for the custody and reeducation of juvenile delinquents

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Adam Penner, president of Harv’s Air pilot training school, said the two students, a man and a woman, were practicing takeoffs and landings. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025 But this time, when the familiar group then comes face-to-face inside the recognizable Red Center, home to the handmaids training school and familiar season-one stomping ground for the series, there was no violence. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025 In the summer of 1942, the the command opened a combat training school at Tarrant Field for pilots on the heavy bombers being produced next door at the Consolidated Vultee plant (now Lockheed Martin). Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025 The Dominican Republic’s free zones also house technical training schools, which the country has invested in to help train and recruit employees for companies. Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for training school

Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of training school was in 1712

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“Training school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/training%20school. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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