grade school

noun

grade-schooler noun

Examples of grade school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Chester Gordon Bell was born on Aug. 19, 1934, in Kirksville, Mo., to Chester Bell, an electrician who owned an appliance store, and Lola (Gordon) Bell, who taught grade school. Glenn Rifkin, New York Times, 21 May 2024 Her parents also bought into her Olympic dreams, looking past the toll Kang’s pushing swimmers through as many as 40 hours of training a week had on their daughter and her teenage and pre-teen teammates, some still in grade school. Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024 He was born in Guangdong Province in China, moved to Chicago at 11 years old with his father, and grew up in Bridgeport, but went to grade school in Chinatown. Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024 The fight involved a group of women who punched and slapped another screaming woman lying on the ground at DCA’s Pixar Pier as grade school children stood by and watched, according to an online video posted by Instagram user 714 Layla. Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grade school 

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Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grade school was in 1869

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“Grade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grade%20school. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

grade school

noun
: a public school including the first six or the first eight grades

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