middle school

noun

: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

Examples of middle school in a Sentence

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Ryan Gosling is a middle school teacher who is tasked with a mission somehow more impossible than getting his students to care, well, about anything, in the first trailer for Project Hail Mary. Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025 That’s right: Gosling is leading the feature as a middle school biology teacher who travels to space to save the universe. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 June 2025 What To Know The growing resistance to phones on school grounds has been burgeoning since Florida enacted statewide changes in elementary and middle schools in 2023. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 Denver officers fatally shot a man fleeing police Monday night outside of a middle school in the city’s Westwood neighborhood, according to the police department. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for middle school

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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