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vocational

[voh-key-shuh-nl] / voʊˈkeɪ ʃə nl /




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Nihill was shoved into a vocational program and most of his friends dropped out of school.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

McLean said the revelation was eventually forgotten about by his peers - until he was scouted for a vocational ballet school the next year.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

But despite joining a cohort of new classmates all pursuing a vocational education in the arts - he said he did not immediately feel represented within this new environment.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

She vented frustration as she languished in a room in the vocational school with no privacy.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

A vocational school student had sent a matchbook application to a correspondence law school along with the required, but now missing, dollar bill.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison




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