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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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
In the elementary school years, their trajectories diverge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
Fraser Rutherford, head of marketing at Environment Bank, said for pupils, it was a "rare opportunity to follow nature restoration throughout their school years and see firsthand how native wildlife returns to a landscape".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
During my primary- school years and part of my secondary-school years, I was able to permanently retain everything that I learned.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
