grade school

noun

grade-schooler noun

Examples of grade school in a Sentence

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Follow The Three-Step Clarity Rule Follow grade school writing rules. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Producer Jason Michael Berman was in grade school, while screenwriter Alan Fox was a toddler when Hollywood first tried to get a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic High and Low off the ground. Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025 One of Tracy’s neighbors, a grade school teacher named Julie, saw Tracy collapse from her living room. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025 Dad started working on Westwood Music’s sales floor in grade school. Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grade school

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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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 24 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

grade school

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

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