blackboard
noun
black·board
ˈblak-ˌbȯrd 
: a hard smooth usually dark surface used especially in a classroom for writing or drawing on with chalk
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The jolly owner, Chiara de Chirico, brought a blackboard with the night’s menu.
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Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
By 1809, every public school in Philadelphia had adopted blackboards — a testament to the technique’s ability to engage students, according to Lewis Buzbee’s Blackboard: A Personal History of the Classroom.
—Staff, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2024
Moments earlier, teachers had handed out slips of paper and told them to copy the letters on the blackboard: S-P-A-N-I-S-H.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Experts explained items like special door locks on classrooms and rolling bulletproof blackboards don't address the majority of the gun violence on school grounds across the country.
—Laura Geller, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
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Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
By 1809, every public school in Philadelphia had adopted blackboards — a testament to the technique’s ability to engage students, according to Lewis Buzbee’s Blackboard: A Personal History of the Classroom.
—Staff, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2024
Moments earlier, teachers had handed out slips of paper and told them to copy the letters on the blackboard: S-P-A-N-I-S-H.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Experts explained items like special door locks on classrooms and rolling bulletproof blackboards don't address the majority of the gun violence on school grounds across the country.
—Laura Geller, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
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blackboard
noun
black·board
ˈblak-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
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