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archaic : reproof
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: the cost of instruction and maintenance at school
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: the training of a horse for service
especially : the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation
Examples of schooling in a Sentence
He has had little schooling. the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements
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Henderson said there’s a difference between parents’ desire and their capacity to engage with their children’s schooling. —
Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Mixed picture for private and home schooling There was a year-over-year decline across all school types. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Research highlights that each additional year of schooling increases an individual’s earnings by roughly 10% annually, illustrating how education compounds economic opportunity over time rather than delivering a one-time benefit. —Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026 The older students can help one another with technology that may not have been a part of their schooling, but is now a standard part of education. —Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for schooling
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Mixed picture for private and home schooling There was a year-over-year decline across all school types. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Research highlights that each additional year of schooling increases an individual’s earnings by roughly 10% annually, illustrating how education compounds economic opportunity over time rather than delivering a one-time benefit. —Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026 The older students can help one another with technology that may not have been a part of their schooling, but is now a standard part of education. —Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for schooling
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“Schooling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/schooling. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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