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New York school

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noun

  1. a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.


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Upon graduating from high school at 16, she enrolled at Marymount Manhattan College — the only New York school that would take her.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

A separate false claim that a western New York school put a litter box in a restroom for students who identify as animals also spread online this week.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

A New York school teacher with no formal medical qualification has been arrested for allegedly giving a Covid vaccine to a student, say officials.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2022

A New York school is getting rid of their mandatory policy for unvaccinated students to produce negative COVID-19 tests following a parental complaint.

From Fox News • Dec. 23, 2021

Josie Lockwood came home again for the Easter holidays, but didn't return to finish her term in the New York school.

From The Fortune Hunter by Vance, Louis Joseph

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