at school

idiom

British
: attending school as a student
My parents won't let me get a job while I'm at school.

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Ty’s arrest was the result of a new state law requiring that anyone who makes a threat of mass violence at school be charged with a felony. Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024 Children are likely to pass lice to one another during playtime, at school, during sports, on the playground, during sleepovers, or at camp. Wendy Wisner, Health, 3 Nov. 2024 Board president Sonja Shaw, a member of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills who has praised Hibbs at school board meetings, introduced the policy, and several other school districts followed suit after Chino Valley Unified. Gretchen Smail, Them, 31 Oct. 2024 Daylight saving time aims to save energy by shifting the clocks for part of the year to better align daylight with the times of day that people are working or at school. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at school 

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“At school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20school. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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