elementary
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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
I grew up Missouri Synod Lutheran, went to a Lutheran elementary school, public, middle school and high school, but definitely the Bible and family worship were central to my upbringing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
Don Benito Fundamental School is an elementary school in the Pasadena Unified School District with about 350 students this school year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
I still haven’t gotten used to how much bigger junior high is than elementary school, and how you can be in a class with thirty other kids and not know any of them.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
Vocabulary lists containing elementary
Animal Farm
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Essential English Vocabulary, List 1
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'Tis A Gift To Be Simple: Words For National Simplicity Day
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