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cram school

American

noun

a private institution, especially in East Asia, that uses an accelerated curriculum to prepare students for university entrance exams.

Etymology

Origin of cram school

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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After class, heading to cram school, I’d blast Mura Masa loud enough to crush my eardrums.

From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2022

The cram school is checking him out before offering enrollment.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018

A restoration of the 1992 film about a cram school student in Taipei who becomes obsessed with a petty thief.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2015

Sid Kim returned to Seoul in 1996 to study, and afterward he opened a range of businesses, including a hugely successful English-language cram school.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2015

The town’s only “hagwon,” a private cram school, stood empty, because so many families with school-age children had moved away.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

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