training school

noun

Synonyms of training schoolnext
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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The Omaha Police Department and Omaha Public Schools did not respond to Fortune’s requests for comment on how or why the gloves were being used or about the training school resource officers received to use the devices. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 Yarovenko, a fourth-year psychology student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, had been an instructor at a military training school affiliated with the university. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 Wilson, whose training school already requires a parent or guardian to sign minors into a class, hopes the change encourages more young riders to seek professional instruction. — Tori Mason, CBS News, 31 July 2026 An enterprising businessman could see this kind of inefficiency and start an assassin training school in Westeros, kind of like whatever is going on with the ballerinas in the John Wick universe. — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for training school

Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of training school was in 1712

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