private school

Example Sentences

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For the family earning $400,000 with two kids in private school and a mortgage, it might be the largest financial goal they have.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The highly self-confident Navarro has always spoken her mind, encouraged by her father and the Sacred Heart nuns who operated her private school in Miami where she still resides.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

All six books in her Boys of Tommen series - which follow a group of teenagers navigating love, friendship and trauma at a private school - feature on the list.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The property feels more like a tech campus than a stuffy private school, with classes in 3-D printing and another with flight simulators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

She knew he’d gone to that fancy private school and that he lived in Brooklyn, because he never stopped complaining about it.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny