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madrassas

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variants or madrasas also madrassahs or madrasahs

plural of madrassa

as in yeshivas

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To make way for what will be the third reservoir to serve the canal, an area of more than 11,000 acres that is currently home to schools, churches, farms and cemeteries will have to be flooded and at least 1,600 residents re-homed.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Medical schools employ people to portray patients with specific symptoms, emotional reactions and medical histories, giving students a chance to practice everything from diagnosing illnesses to delivering difficult news.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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Ohio charter schools are established by a sponsor that ensures schools follow their contracts and, every five years, determines if the school will be renewed and continue to operate as a public charter school.

— Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
In 2017, the roughly 125,000 students enrolled in independent study charter schools in California represented more than 20 percent of all charter school students in the state.

— Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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