school year
noun
the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
school years
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pluralof school year.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Through her early school and high school years, “I never really watched TV. My best friends were books,” singling out “The Iliad” and “Moby-Dick.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Lloyd adds that the more the party situation crops up throughout their primary school years, the more you can explain the different outcomes to them.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Over the course of 20 years, students who had attended public school pre-K4 earned higher grades and scored better on standardized tests throughout their school years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Xu, whose mother died when he was a year old, recalled in a speech how he ate only sweet potato and steamed bread in his school years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
“He graduated high school years before even our mothers. This must’ve been here over twenty years.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
