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elementary

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


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Physicists have traditionally sorted all elementary particles in our three-dimensional universe into two categories: bosons and fermions.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

As an advocate for the local library told me, by the next day, all the children at the local elementary school had heard about Gamble.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

But this district — with seven elementary and two middle schools — is enduring a crippling strike, affecting about 3,400 students drawn from Santa Fe Springs and parts of Norwalk and Downey.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

He is phasing out 1:1 Chromebooks for elementary students and has decided to block YouTube for the upcoming school year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Bernard went to the same elementary school as me and my best friends, Isabella and Julia.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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