elementary
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At least four states — Kansas, Utah, Minnesota and Tennessee — are considering prohibiting devices in at least part of elementary school.
From Los Angeles Times
The elementary school was only a block and a half away, it was true, and Nollie had gone there two years without difficulty.
From Literature
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Scientists suspect that this subtle rotation could be linked to hypothetical elementary particles called axions.
From Science Daily
In "Weapons," an original story that grossed $270 million worldwide, Madigan plays Gladys, the mysterious aunt of a young boy whose entire elementary school class vanishes one night -- at the same precise time.
From Barron's
I am in the same general age bracket as Ms. Noonan and I can recall the nuclear-attack drills we all experienced in elementary and junior high school.
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