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elementary

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


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To come up with story ideas, you should cultivate a writer’s mindset and convert all of life—the children in your elementary school, the conversation you overheard in a coffee shop—into potential material.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle associated with the mechanism that gives many elementary particles their mass.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

In North Andover, administrators closed an elementary school last year as a result of declining enrollment, redistributing about 200 students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

From 10 elementary schools to eight; five middle schools to four; two high schools to one.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

His playful look and gangly manner reminded me of Miguelito, my friend in elementary school.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez


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