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Recent Examples of prep school
Lindor was selected out of Monteverde Academy prep school in the greater Orlando area.
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Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
In this teen drama, Carpenter plays a prep school classmate of Black student Starr (Amandla Stenberg), who witnesses a cop shoot and kill her unarmed friend after a routine traffic stop.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
When Manhattan’s elite want to make sure their offspring get into the prep school and then college of their choice, Lawrence Grey is the man to call no matter their grades, test scores or personality.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
Mekhi Nelson, freshman, 5-10, 185: Reclassified as summer enrollee after one season in prep school following a successful Pennsylvania high school career.
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
In this teen drama, Carpenter plays a prep school classmate of Black student Starr (Amandla Stenberg), who witnesses a cop shoot and kill her unarmed friend after a routine traffic stop.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
When Manhattan’s elite want to make sure their offspring get into the prep school and then college of their choice, Lawrence Grey is the man to call no matter their grades, test scores or personality.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
Mekhi Nelson, freshman, 5-10, 185: Reclassified as summer enrollee after one season in prep school following a successful Pennsylvania high school career.
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep school
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About 600 girls up to ninth grade attend this elementary/preparatory school, located inside the Qalandia refugee camp.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
3 Dec. 2024
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Because the thing is that, According to Mirror, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are now deep into discussions about what will happen to Prince George once his time at preparatory school ends.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
3 Dec. 2024
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Other finds served as messages from the past, connecting 17th-century schoolgirls to modern archaeologists, who uncovered the students’ decorative paper cuttings beneath the floorboards of their former London boarding school.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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Boarders follows five talented, Black inner-city teens transported to an alien world — a British boarding school — after gaining scholarships to the prestigious St. Gilbert’s.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
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For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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In another part of the room was assistant coach Porter Ellett, who alluded to having his right arm amputated in high school.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Reopening schools will not be as easy as just opening doors.—
Janhvi Bhojwani,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Most school communities said they were notified of the breach on Tuesday.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2025
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The Republican party and wealthy interests pulled this recall move on Gavin during the pandemic, capitalizing on frustration over public schools being closed.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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The surge in immigrants arriving in Colorado last year softened the enrollment decline in the state’s public schools, which for years have been losing students — and funding — as birth rates fall across the nation.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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The status quo of early morning bells in secondary schools—and somewhat later bells in elementary schools—is biologically backwards.—
Lynne Peeples,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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The series was based on the 2018 novel by Sally Rooney and starred Daisy Edgar-Jones and Mescal as a couple from secondary school to their undergraduate years in college.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2025
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About 62% of high school (or equivalent) graduates go on to postsecondary study, which can refer to trade school or a four-year university, the Education Data Initiative, a collective of education data researchers, reports.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
12 Dec. 2024
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Our goal is to prepare high school students for major life decisions that will impact their future, such as college, trade school or a post-high school job.—
Shelby Slade,
The Arizona Republic,
20 Nov. 2024
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The restaurant was cited after inspectors found fruit flies flying around the prep area, county documents show.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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Inspectors also uncovered raw meat being thawed improperly in a prep sink basin.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep%20school. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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