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

Noun

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 Each has the perspective of attending East Side schools, playing football and returning to teach and coach at the high school. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Spending in the Hartford schools has been controversial this year as local officials and state officials disagreed over the state of the district’s finances. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 The Tigers dropped both games at the SEC’s Mississippi schools this year. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026 The company’s facilities include kindergartens, schools and technical training institutes, with more on the way. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026 By Sunday morning, police had detained 117 people across Poland for carrying knives or other dangerous weapons, or for threatening to attack schools or fellow students. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Across the country, the preliminary assessment identified damage to seven hotels, 13 churches, 26 government buildings and four residential apartment buildings, in addition to the homes, schools and healthcare facilities already counted. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for schools

Noun

The district boasts 44 schools in all, with performing arts schools, scholastic academies, world language programs and a handful of magnet schools and charter options for both elementary and high school-age students.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Some parents revel in South Florida’s many options, splitting their kids between public and private academies.

— Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of academies

Verb

Kendall teaches children and teenagers to break down anxiety-provoking situations, such as finding friends to sit with in the cafeteria or asking someone for a date, into smaller steps and planning what to do if something goes wrong.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
In addition to outdoor play, the research supports pairing the outdoor time with a 15-minute daily lesson of social-emotional learning that teaches students about empathy, respect and self-esteem.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of teaches

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The organization educates veterans about underutilized resources and opportunities.

— Monique John, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Eton College, located in the English county of Berkshire a stone’s throw from Windsor Castle, educates boys aged 13 to 18 and accepts around 270 students per academic year.

— Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026