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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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From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

"We must establish a comprehensive prevention system to address the cybersecurity crisis," he added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center is among just 57 cancer centers nationwide to receive the National Cancer Institute's prestigious "comprehensive" designation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The Wall Street Journal identified 274 damaged structures at 24 installations with a U.S. military presence across the Middle East during the war’s first six months—the most comprehensive public accounting of that damage to date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

My narrative, while willfully episodic in character—no comprehensive coverage of all events is claimed—follows a chronological line, with one significant exception.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

We were lucky enough to have a school field and a handful of concrete tennis and netball courts – riches beyond the dreams of most city comprehensives.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

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

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019

The critics had the better of the argument in the 1960s and 70s, when most grammar schools were converted to non-selective comprehensives.

From Economist ● Aug. 13, 2015

The new counter-extremism requirements will apply to all schools, primary and nursery as well as secondary, in village schools as well as inner-city comprehensives.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2015


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