maintained school

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noun

a school financially supported by the state

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Words nearby maintained school

mainstreaming, mainstream media, main street, mainstreeting, maintain, maintained school, maintainor, maintenance, maintenance and cure, maintenance-free, maintenance of membership

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How to use maintained school in a sentence

Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
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Author J.K. Rowling says all religions are present at her beloved wizard school—except Wiccans.
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

One was a Quaker school, whose name he can no longer recall, in upstate New York.
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All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
I ask for half a dozen projectors or so in every school, and for a well-stocked storehouse of films.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
El Imparcial maintained that he was worthy of being honoured as a 19th century conquering hero.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
He was the most distinguished representative of the English school of composition, and was knighted in 1842.
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Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
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