elementary
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As city revenues shrank, spending on elementary and middle schools alike dropped by more than 10%, though local military forces received millions of dollars in special funding.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Physicists have traditionally sorted all elementary particles in our three-dimensional universe into two categories: bosons and fermions.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
While decorations still appear in many shopping malls, from around 2022, many nursery and elementary schools started to declare they would no longer celebrate Christmas or other Western holidays.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Vista del Valle Elementary hosts all seven elementary schools in the district each year for the meet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
“I’m going to be working too much. Dad and I are going to sign you up at the elementary school down the street. You’ll start Monday.”
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing elementary
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