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night school

NOUN
adult education


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Many are also beginners at education: Most had to be enrolled in the "first grade", said Silmang Pierre Ndior, an official at the Soeur Marie Luc Vaderloge literacy centre where they attend night school.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Both, said the colleague, “really liked the night school crowd over the prep school crowd.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The eminent lawyer, whose grandfather created the UK's first Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, persuaded the teenager to go to night school, join a church and renounce alcohol.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023

He said he might feel less lonely after he turned 16 and qualified to enroll in night school.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

January 19 An Engineer, a Chef, a Vet, and Not a Lawyer Brother Quang has started night school to restudy engineering to become what he was meant to be.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai




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