How to Use trade school in a Sentence

trade school

noun
  • Most of those in the study were in college or trade school at the time of the survey.
    City News Service, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
  • In just two years, the younger Downie was able to pay off his trade school loans.
    Sierra Garcia, Wired, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Whether that be through college or a skilled trade school.
    Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The district must decide whether there is enough need for a trade school on the East Side.
    Patrick O'Donnell, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2019
  • For the same price, the government could send 25 workers to trade school.
    Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • Gwynn had planned to go to a trade school while saving up for college.
    David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2020
  • Work in the field for two or three years to find out if the trades are a good fit before going to trade school.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Ted wasn’t a very good student and at one point enrolled in a trade school to learn drafting.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 31 May 2018
  • After high school, Gwynn had planned to go to trade school while saving up to go to college.
    Gabriel Kinder, CNN, 6 June 2020
  • Miron would like to possibly go to trade school, study to be an electrician or the skilled trades.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Some of these include K-12 costs, a first car (this is scary to think about), college or trade school or a wedding.
    Nolan Keim, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The trade school boasts that over 43% of graduates go on to open their own businesses.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Besst was a trade school graduate and worked fixing things his whole life.
    Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Unable to afford art school, Meyer enrolled in a trade school and learned to weld.
    Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Eighty percent of Lawn Life's young employees stay in school or enroll in a trade school.
    Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 18 June 2019
  • There are plenty of reputable private trade schools around the country.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Students who wanted to go on to college or trade school had their tuition paid by the Masons.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2019
  • The campus once included a trade school, student housing, a dairy and farm.
    Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Isaiah dreams of going to college or trade school, getting a job and living on his own.
    Kaila White, azcentral, 18 May 2018
  • About 2% of graduates will attend a trade school, 3% will enlist in the military, and 9% will join the workforce.
    Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2022
  • The scholarship can be put toward any 4-year, 2-year or trade school degree of the student's choosing.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2022
  • Brito put off trade school to devote himself to Backyard Squabbles.
    New York Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • McGuire is one of many trade school students wondering what their future holds.
    Cara Korte, CBS News, 4 June 2020
  • That includes talking about the military or going to trade schools.
    David Jesse, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Classes at the trade school are free for Excel Center graduates, Marsh said.
    Mary Jordan, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2021
  • Back in New York, Camacho enrolled in trade school after spotting an ad on the subway.
    Nancy Chen, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • His will established his most enduring legacy, a trade school that opened in 1921.
    NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • In his time in Los Angeles, her father taught at a trade school, worked in real estate and was an accountant.
    Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Reach out to your trade school, college, or university instructors.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
  • Layoffs, retirements, industrial outsourcing and the trend away from trade schools and toward college also contributed to labor and supply chain shrinkage.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2024

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