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Recent Examples of high school
Colleges are staring down a looming demographic cliff, with the number of high school graduates projected to decline substantially.
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Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Senior Jack English ended his high school football career with a 23 yard TD.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
According to Toronto Life, Hann and Bich were strict, pressuring their kids academically and barring Jennifer from dating until after high school.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
No scholarship offers out of high school A San Diego native, Cherry comes from a basketball family.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Senior Jack English ended his high school football career with a 23 yard TD.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
According to Toronto Life, Hann and Bich were strict, pressuring their kids academically and barring Jennifer from dating until after high school.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
No scholarship offers out of high school A San Diego native, Cherry comes from a basketball family.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- middle school
- common school
- primary school
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Loucks added national context, citing information from the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress that said just 31% of fourth-grade public school students nationwide performed at or above the proficient level on the reading assessment.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Researchers followed more than 800 students and staff members from a large public school district in Kansas City, Missouri, from November 2022 through May 2023.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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My junior high school yearbook picture drives that truth home.—
Josh Browning,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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As the mean girl of the town's junior high school, Amber uses her popularity to hurt Kat instead of treating her nicely.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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After graduating with a degree in history from the University of Ghana, Mahama taught at a secondary school before pursuing a post-graduate degree in social psychology in Moscow, graduating in 1988.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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There's no school for Vrana's two older children, who travel to Fourni for secondary school by ferry.—
Sarah McCammon,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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His label pioneered the industry’s intensive training system, recruiting performers as young as elementary school age and putting them through years of rigorous preparation.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had just started elementary school when his new teammate made his pro debut.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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In 2007, McKeller released her first book, Math Doesn’t Suck, demystifying concepts like fractions, decimals, percents, and algebra for girls in middle school.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
5 Nov. 2025
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As of her gubernatorial win, Sherrill and Hedberg's younger son, Ike, is a sophomore at Montclair High School, while Marit is in middle school at Montclair Kimberley Academy.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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The primary school on Thymaina is down to just two grade-school students.—
Sarah McCammon,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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High school and primary school in Murewa, Zimbabwe, which collectively enrolls more than 2,000 students, demonstrates pride in the United Methodist brand, a contrast to trends elsewhere in Africa.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Oct. 2025
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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