magnet school

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magnet school (plural magnet schools)

  1. (US) A public school with specialized courses.
    Synonyms: focus school, specialist school
    • 1994 July 7, William Upski Wimsatt, “Wigger”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      By age 11, curiosity got the better of me. I joined the neighborhood baseball league, and transferred to Kenwood Academy, a public magnet school.

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