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elementary

[el-uh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌɛl əˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /


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The proposal calls for reopening several shuttered early education centers, placing more preschool classrooms on elementary campuses and expanding the district’s relationship with local child-care providers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

In Miami Beach, tech entrepreneur John Marshall built an elementary school that is expanding into a middle and soon a high school, called BaseCamp305, that he says instills an entrepreneurial spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The day after Neukgu's disappearance, authorities received dozens of reported sightings, including some boys who cried wolf: elementary school kids who had mistaken dogs for Neukgu, the Chosun Daily reported.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Her daughter’s elementary school once ran the cleaning-supplies budget dry before year-end, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

We never knew the elementary school was helping us until their custodian drove up to the loading bay with the payload of his truck overflowing with chain.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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