secondary
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It is now compulsory for secondary schools to include teaching about stalking, but the couple said they believed there should not be a distinction between stalking, and stalking involving fear of violence.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
“Our job in the secondary was to stay deep, playoff off them and stay true to our zones.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Across France, class sizes in secondary schools, excluding vocational programmes, reached a record high in 2025, averaging 30.2 pupils, according to the education ministry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Netherlands hopes to insulate the court by activating the European Union’s “blocking statute,” a rule that would ban EU companies from complying with the sanctions and thereby expose them to U.S. secondary sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The terminology we now use to express this distinction, between primary and secondary qualities, was introduced by Boyle in 1666 and popularized by Locke in 1689.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Some councils oversee a handful of schools – including only four secondaries in some cases.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
He is in charge of its credit and insurance, secondaries and infrastructure strategies and has led the global financial services team for many years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
DC Advisory’s European private equity secondaries team has unraveled, with three managing directors leaving in the last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Investec recently shuttered its GP-led advisory business, following senior departures, as other banks pull back from secondaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
His secondaries sprouted along his forearms, and a charming little false primary sprang from the end of each thumb.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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