as in academy
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
one of the first schools in the country to admit girls as students
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as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
schooled their children in proper etiquette for formal occasions
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Recent Examples of school
Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
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
Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit, obtained by Fox News Digital, alleges a teacher and principal at Madison Middle School in Mansfield violated a student's First Amendment right to free speech and 14th Amendment right to due process when he was punished for wearing the shirt to school several times.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Phillips was planning the shooting for 8:40 a.m. on April 21, which cops described as a high-traffic moment in the school day, according to investigators.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
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
Verb
Tyler James Williams is schooling everyone on his dating interests.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit, obtained by Fox News Digital, alleges a teacher and principal at Madison Middle School in Mansfield violated a student's First Amendment right to free speech and 14th Amendment right to due process when he was punished for wearing the shirt to school several times.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for school
Noun
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To many Trumpists, though, the diversity and the authority of the academy stands as a threat.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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One academy graduate, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, was even revealed to have started learning Spanish purely so as to be able to understand what his team-mates were talking about.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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More than a decade on, the So Kates have become such a fixture in Zendaya’s wardrobe that even her employers, Louis Vuitton and Valentino, have been taught to expect no less.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Indian women are taught by their mothers and grandmothers to massage oils into their hair from a young age.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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It’s headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the founders of liberal Orthodox seminaries in New York City.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Don't show up and ask someone there to educate you.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Charlotte Observer spoke to Chris Hayes, an extension associate of structural pest management at NC State University who specializes educating the pest management industry on critter habits, to find out.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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“School.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/school. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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