high schooler

Definition of high schoolernext

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Recent Examples of high schooler The comic book movie told the classic origin story of high schooler Peter Parker (Garfield), who, thanks to being bitten by a radioactive spider, turns into the masked vigilante. Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 In the 1986 John Hughes film, Broderick portrayed Ferris Bueller, a happy-go-lucky high schooler who decides to take the day off, and magically has everything go his way. Dan Heching, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025 In Billy Porter’s 2022 directorial debut, Eva Reign plays a high schooler named Kelsa who has already reached the vlogging stage of coming out as a trans woman. Samantha Allen, Them., 22 Aug. 2025 The anime centers on a Tokyo high schooler named Yuken Enma who gets whisked into a magical realm populated by characters inspired by classic Disney baddies. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high schooler
Noun
  • Ava Nassar, a 13-year-old middle schooler from Carlsbad, was with friends and classmates Nathan Adewale, 13, and Dante Veducio, 14.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • One Fayette County middle schooler is proving that no one is ever too young to make a big impact.
    Erika Stanish, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As a Brown undergraduate, the narrator took one of Thomas’s classes, which marked him indelibly.
    Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Available only at the Milan campus for the moment, the core offering of the new educational project will be a three-year undergraduate program starting in October and mixing creative, technical and managerial skills.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One of those freshman moving in is Jocelyn Monroe, who is making a difference from the circle.
    Charles Baggarly April 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Georgetown, led by junior center Patrick Ewing and freshman forward Reggie Williams, beats Houston 84-75 to win the NCAA championship in Seattle.
    Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When the pandemic hit, our local public school closed its computer lab, issued my kindergartener an iPad, and never looked back.
    Abby McCloskey, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Round Lake appears to have been drawn by a kindergartner who was interrupted halfway through snack time.
    Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Buchanon, a redshirt junior who is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 300 pounds, spent his first three seasons at FIU and redshirted in 2023.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • After an excellent draft year that included success across four different levels (two junior, two pro), Strömgren’s post-draft season four years ago was more of an up-and-down one that left scouts wanting more.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If the paths for getting there—which may include postgraduate study in a doctoral program or professional school—are diminishing, then college itself will follow suit.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Give me the grizzled wisdom and experience of someone in their 50s or 60s; give me Esther Perel and Orna Guralnik; give me someone with a postgraduate certificate in relationship counseling at the very least.
    Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The sophomore point guard had made a single shot behind the arc in the entire NCAA Tournament previously.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Well the Mustangs got that break in the form of a misplay by Frisco Wakeland resulting in a goal by sophomore Paola Granados, giving Grapevine a stunning 1-0 win on Friday in a Class 5A Division 2 state semifinal at the Ford Center.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026

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“High schooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20schooler. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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