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In Britain, a comprehensive school is what type of institution?

comprehensive

[kom-pri-hen-siv] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪv /


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After Cohen’s election, her office found itself in a public dispute over the state’s annual comprehensive financial report, a summary of California’s spending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"We do not believe additional blanket inspections are necessary. There is already a comprehensive framework of regulation, building control, warranties and builder quality assurance in place."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Australian government is now “undertaking a comprehensive forensic investigation into the incident,” a Services Australia spokeswoman said Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Her methods combine comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography with high-resolution mass spectrometry.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Virchow viewed the world in a way that made sense to Farmer, his vision a comprehensive one that included pathology—the study of disease—with social medicine, politics, and anthropology.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

From BASIS’s first year in 1996-1997, students who failed the comprehensives had to retake them.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019

Then, in the mid-1960s, the Labour government sped up their conversion into comprehensives.

From Economist ● Aug. 11, 2016

They divorced in 1967, and she taught English at a succession of inner London comprehensives.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2013

Overall some 44% of those on the list went to independent school, 27% to grammar school, 8% to a former direct grant school and 21% to comprehensives and other state schools.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2012




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