Thesaurus results for SCHOOLS

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noun

plural of school

as in academies

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of school

as in teaches

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 schools

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Several schools were competing when Anthony sat under the Memorial High School tent that was perched in the bleachers. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Concerns about smoke shops near schools Youth Forward Executive Director Tasha Johnson said some of the businesses surveyed are located close to schools. — James Taylor, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Air Reading has served 12 schools and about 1,200 students since the 2024-25 school year, according to the state Education Department. — Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2026 Business leaders who share their journey openly can help make the financial side of entrepreneurship more accessible—whether through work experience placements, partnerships with schools or universities, or volunteering through mentorship programs. — Kate Hayward, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Medical schools and teaching hospitals sit at the heart of this process. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Etzel said the executive order is also intended to put pressure on states that establish vaccine requirements for schools, while potentially setting up additional legal challenges over the federal government’s authority to influence vaccine policy. — Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026 North Gwinnett and Grayson, schools on opposite sides of their county, haven’t played since 2017, during North Gwinnett’s state championship playoff run. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The law removes some of those restrictions, giving local governments more flexibility to lower speed limits around schools. — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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Dean Fabrizio and James Teter, each hired in 2009, have been at their Class 6A schools the longest. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026 There are people doing the hard work that schools such as Hi-Mount require. — Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 12 June 2026 This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026 The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026 Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025

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Noun

So do formal teaching with official certification, private academies, tobacco manufacturing, oil refining, telecommunications, insurance and pension funds.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
The Presbyterian Church, for example, did not just build universities, such as Austin College in Texas and Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, but also established 59 academies in 20 states and numerous primary schools.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Connecticut had been proactive by recognizing what science teaches us about youthful offenders.

— Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Riddick, who teaches as an adjunct professor while searching for a long-term role, says the process can fill even the most confident individuals with self-doubt.

— Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026