school bus

[ skool-buhs ]

/ ˈskul ˌbʌs /

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noun

a vehicle used to transport students to and from school or used for other related purposes.

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Origin of school bus

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Words nearby school bus

school attendance officer, schoolbag, school board, schoolbook, schoolboy, school bus, School Certificate, schoolchild, school choice, School Committee, Schoolcraft

How to use school bus in a sentence

Some districts are mandating masks for children riding the school bus, but not while they’re in class.
Back to School, Ready or Not|Eromo Egbejule|August 27, 2021|Ozy
After growing up and buying a house in Magalia, a small community north of Paradise, he enrolled in school and took a job that gave him the time he needed to study—driving the school bus.
A New Book Examines What We Lost in the Camp Fire|klindsey|August 24, 2021|Outside Online
She had a sneaker habit to fund and a dream of buying and renovating a school bus and living in it for several years.
Depop Made Sustainable Shopping Cool for Gen Z. What Happens When Parents Crash the Party?|Eliana Dockterman|August 19, 2021|Time
She eventually opened a child care program that she ran alongside her school bus job.
What Philadelphia Reveals About America’s Homicide Surge|by Alec MacGillis, photography by Hannah Price/Magnum Photos, special to ProPublica|July 30, 2021|ProPublica

Fairfax County school officials announced Wednesday that masks are a must for the fall — to be worn indoors by students and employees, as well as on school buses.
More schools in the Washington region will mandate masks in the fall|Donna St. George, Perry Stein|July 29, 2021|Washington Post
Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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
He was the most distinguished representative of the English school of composition, and was knighted in 1842.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The child who has got languages from its governess, therefore, marks time—that is to say, wastes time in these subjects at school.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells