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boarding school

[bawr-ding skool] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ ˌskul /


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She attended Choate Rosemary Hall, an exclusive boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to Barnard College in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

McLean's world changed when he moved to boarding school in Chester aged 11.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

"It's like a state-sponsored boarding school where they systematically foster football players."

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

In Middletown: The fictional Welton Academy in Vermont, setting of “Dead Poets Society,” is actually St. Andrew’s School, a private boarding school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

One I recall all too well from boys at boarding school.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin