training college
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of training college
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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The disappearance of the 43 students - who all attended the same teacher training college in the town of Ayotzinapa - has long haunted Mexico.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
The Prince of Wales has presided over a passing-out parade at the Royal Navy's officer training college in Devon.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023
BroSis, as it’s also known, has now provided generations of 8- to 22-year-olds with a wide variety of classes, job training, college prep, mental health support, arts instruction and daily meals.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022
According to the website of the Etilaat Roz, a longtime Kabul newspaper now based abroad, the seminary had recently been opened by local Taliban officials in the building of a former training college for teachers.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022
He and Pa have decided he’ll go to a training college for evangelists.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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