training school

noun

1
: a school preparing students for a particular occupation
2
: a correctional institution for the custody and reeducation of juvenile delinquents

Examples of training school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web He was then captured and sold into slavery, ultimately ending up at a gladiatorial training school owned by his new master in Capua, southeast of Rome. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024 Herkimer claims to have invented basketball less than a year before Dr. James Naismith was credited with creating the sport during his time as a teacher at Springfield College, then a YMCA training school, in Massachusetts. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024 The juvenile training school was central to the bid-rigging scandal that forced former Gov. John G. Rowland from office and landed him in prison. Jaden Edison, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2024 After graduating from Beijing Foreign Studies University with a bachelor’s degree in English, Liu spent four years as an English teacher at New Oriental Education, one of the largest foreign language training schools in China at the time. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for training school 

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Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of training school was in 1712

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“Training school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/training%20school. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.

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