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Recent Examples of prep school
Surrounded by dancers in pleated skirts and prep school blazers, Queen Latifah broke into a few of her own dance moves while an eager Colman Domingo, Grande and Erivo got into the groove in the front row.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
His father was a church organist who taught in Lutheran elementary schools, and Marty attended a Lutheran prep school.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Half of the senior class of Hackley School, a college prep school in Tarrytown, N.Y., in Westchester County, was there.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Known more as a producer of top-end future-NBA talent like Ben Simmons, Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and current Duke phenom Cooper Flagg, you’d be forgiven for thinking the prep school even cared about track and field.
—Cory Mull, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
His father was a church organist who taught in Lutheran elementary schools, and Marty attended a Lutheran prep school.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Half of the senior class of Hackley School, a college prep school in Tarrytown, N.Y., in Westchester County, was there.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Known more as a producer of top-end future-NBA talent like Ben Simmons, Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and current Duke phenom Cooper Flagg, you’d be forgiven for thinking the prep school even cared about track and field.
—Cory Mull, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep school
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Mauldin allegedly committed these offenses while a teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy, a Christian, K-12 college preparatory school in Siloam, approximately 80 miles east of Atlanta.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Catholic college preparatory school is hoping the addition of new national corporate partners and an enhanced game day experience at Santa Ana Stadium will ease pressure in its ongoing fundraising efforts.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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While the Avengers are work friends and the X-Men are students and teachers at a boarding school, the Fantastic Four are a family.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The coed boarding school in Wiltshire is around an hour from their home in Windsor and could accommodate all three of their children, meaning no separate arrangements would need to be made for Charlotte.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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In a series regular role, Pietz will play Donna, the no-nonsense high school secretary.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The pair went to different Frisco high schools, but were both at Kuykendall Stadium on April 2 for a track meet, where the alleged stabbing occurred.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Deputies found one victim on North Crowley Cleburne Road outside the school and another at a residence nearby.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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The school on April 3 filed an application to move up from the FCS level to the higher FBS classification.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sanchez’s bill would require the organization that oversees public school sports and extracurricular activities to ban trans girls from playing women’s sports.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Mar. 2025
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Shaun Law-Bowman, 67, spent 15 years as a public school teacher before moving into an administrative position.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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Starmer was commenting as Netflix agreed a deal to make Adolescence available to all secondary schools across the UK via the Into Film+ streaming service.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the United States’ educational improvements slowed markedly as secondary schools struggled to boost performance and college tuition marched steadily higher.—
Matthew J. Slaughter,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Last year, Courtney said EB hired 300 new employees directly out of trade school or high school and the recruitment and training model is being imitated elsewhere in the country.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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Promote a skilled manufacturing workforce by partnering with agencies, trade schools and private sector stakeholders to create a pipeline of skilled workers to support manufacturing.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The doctors learned how, with proper prep and information, filmmakers can produce incredibly lifelike and detailed results.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, Thomas' Masters prep didn't come without its complications.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep%20school. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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