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Recent Examples of high school
Okay, so maybe the girls Caroline went to high school with would have kids.
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Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Wyle got his start in acting during his sophomore year of high school, auditioning for a play as a bit of a joke.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Landrew, a national high school player of the year candidate this past season, figures to be further along as a contender for immediate playing time.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s been five years since high school, and Rue (Zendaya) is still paying down her debt to Laurie (Martha Kelly) by working as a drug mule.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Wyle got his start in acting during his sophomore year of high school, auditioning for a play as a bit of a joke.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Landrew, a national high school player of the year candidate this past season, figures to be further along as a contender for immediate playing time.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s been five years since high school, and Rue (Zendaya) is still paying down her debt to Laurie (Martha Kelly) by working as a drug mule.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for high school
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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Nurse Heidy Justiniano had not decided who to vote for while already in line outside a public school in Lima.—
Franklin Briceño,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Nurse Heidy Justiniano had not decided who to vote for while already in line outside a public school in Lima.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication.—
Corinne Brion,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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The secondary school was briefly placed on lockdown before the pursuit continued.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Players still in secondary school are now potentially eligible, like college players, to sign lucrative Name, Image and Likeness sponsorship contracts.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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My family is zoned for a high-performing public elementary school in Texas — one where students consistently score above average on standardized tests.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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Her father was an elementary school principal, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2026
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Vargas points to a significant move made by the Los Angeles Unified School District last year, impacting all elementary and middle school campuses.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Rodriguez, whose family adopted Sibomana-Rodriguez when the teen was in middle school, then introduced him to the family sport.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
12 May 2025
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The lodge is involved with the local community in several other ways, too, including a community garden program at a local lower primary school where Domiano runs trainings.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Talankin was a beloved events coordinator and school videographer at his primary school in the remote Russian town of Karabash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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