interscholastic
adjective
in·ter·scho·las·tic
ˌin-tər-skə-ˈla-stik 
: existing or carried on between schools
interscholastic athletics
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A student who began hormone therapy may participate in activities such as workouts, practices and team activities, but not in interscholastic competition.
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The participants who fare best seem to be familiar with the conventions of interscholastic debate, spouting off statistics and logic puzzles with the alacrity of an extemporaneous-speaking champion.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
All three of my daughters competed in interscholastic sports.
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Zamperini would go on to set a world interscholastic record for the mile and won a scholarship to the University of Southern California.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The participants who fare best seem to be familiar with the conventions of interscholastic debate, spouting off statistics and logic puzzles with the alacrity of an extemporaneous-speaking champion.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
All three of my daughters competed in interscholastic sports.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Zamperini would go on to set a world interscholastic record for the mile and won a scholarship to the University of Southern California.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for interscholastic
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“Interscholastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interscholastic. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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interscholastic
adjective
in·ter·scho·las·tic
ˌint-ər-skə-ˈlas-tik
: existing or carried on between schools
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