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Examples of boarding school in a Sentence
He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.
She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.
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This British import, streaming in the U.S. as a Tubi original, follows five Black scholarship students whose admission to a posh, extremely white boarding school is a ploy to counteract a noxious new story about its bratty students.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 May 2024
John was awarded full custody of his four children — but while Sarah and Jane attended boarding school, Diana and Charles lived at Althorp (the 500-year-old Spencer family estate) in Northamptonshire, England with their father.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
There is no doubt that many teachers and administrators would support a military boarding school option.
—Mark N. Fisher, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
Anne holds the role of warden at the boarding school.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1665, in the meaning defined above
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
boarding school
noun
: a school at which most of the pupils live during the school term
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