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elementary

[el-uh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˌɛl əˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /


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Two weeks into his brother’s trial, Collins was in class when their sister Chloe picked him up at the elementary school and took him to their grandmother’s house.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The proposal comes weeks after the city banned AI for elementary and middle-schoolers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

“All four of these schools exceed that average elementary school school size, which is why we’re comfortable bringing them forward,” Tokes responded.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

The elementary school lost 10% of its enrolled students between 2021 and the 2025-2026 school year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Such is the fear of being accused of writing Whig or teleological history that it is difficult to find an historian making simple and elementary points of this sort.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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