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Recent Examples of prep school
Conard won its first title since 1996 last year in Division III but lost 10 seniors and one player to prep school, and Olson wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this year’s team.
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Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2025
Chicago Tribune Goldin started his journey in the United States at a prep school in Connecticut.
—Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 19 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
The Red Wolves lost 11 players from that team – 10 who graduated, and one who went to prep school.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
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Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2025
Chicago Tribune Goldin started his journey in the United States at a prep school in Connecticut.
—Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 19 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
The Red Wolves lost 11 players from that team – 10 who graduated, and one who went to prep school.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep school
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According to its website, Preston High School is an all-girls private Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1947 by the Sisters of the Divine Compassion.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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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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Miku Martineau stars in the series as Yumeko, a transfer student to an elite global boarding school and a compulsive gambling addict with a mysterious past.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2025
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Referred to as ‘the nurse of England's statesmen,’ the school is the largest boarding school in England, ahead of Millfield and Oundle.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Before attending Princeton, Blackburn was a standout high school student chosen as one of 2,500 students for the National Merit Scholarship in 2019, according to WAVE.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Graham, The Times’ high school player of the year in 2021, was an All-American at Michigan.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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That’s not to mention whatever he was paid in NIL from the Texas One Fund, the school’s collective.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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According to a report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 30% of homebuyers (aged 33-42) stated that the quality of schools was a deciding factor in home purchases.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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As a child, her brothers were relentlessly bullied at their local public school.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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The court’s decision is expected to turn on whether charter schools, which are publicly funded but have private operators, are public schools under the law.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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In France and Switzerland, secondary schools are beginning to use Beekee devices to give students digital access without exposing them fully to the internet during class.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
19 Apr. 2025
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Jaz Johnson, a 23-year-old from Brighton, is a pastoral officer (a British cross between a social worker, guidance counselor, and student support staff) at a local secondary school.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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In exchange for their volunteer service, members receive modest living stipends and money for college or trade school expenses.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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The national scholarship is paid directly to the American college, vocational, technical or trade school of the winner’s choice within five years after high school graduation.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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And yeah, if that was Louise facing down a murderer and creating a character out of whole cloth with no prep?—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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For a taste of the South without hours of prep work.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep%20school. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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