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"schooling" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often education (9 letters).
Definitions
the act of teaching at school
Used in a sentence
“I never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
“He gave his son a good schooling.”
“[…] I thought the schooling as severe as the case merited, […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Class time”9 letters
02“Education”9 letters
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