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Recent Examples of high school
The San José Police Department said officers responded on the afternoon of May 1 to reports of a shooting near Kiely Boulevard and Northlake Drive, which is about a three-minute drive from The Harker School's high school campus.
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Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 4 June 2026
From that one girl’s story, police learned that Epstein had been molesting dozens of girls from a West Palm Beach high school.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Life does not end in high school.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
The first signal given to the world that there were people who didn’t want the Nazis at home was given by high school students.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
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Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 4 June 2026
From that one girl’s story, police learned that Epstein had been molesting dozens of girls from a West Palm Beach high school.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Life does not end in high school.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
The first signal given to the world that there were people who didn’t want the Nazis at home was given by high school students.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
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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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In the late 1980s, about 70% of public school students and over 85% of teachers were white.—
David Blazar,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
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Senate Bill 2427 will impact K-12 students at Illinois' roughly 850 public school districts starting with the 2027-2028 school year.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The march was organized by the Confederation of Chilean Students and supported by other organizations, including the Teachers’ Union, secondary school student associations, and feminist groups.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The bus was coming from the academy’s secondary school just over a mile away on Brewster Street.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
2 June 2026
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Chloe Thompson, Denver North’s goalie who has played with Gentry since elementary school, witnessed a relentless competitor who understands how greatness gets crafted in the practice beyond practice.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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From senior citizens to elementary school students, arts organizations across Colorado continue working to engage audiences of all ages.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Court testimony shows that Hamawy met Adbel-Rahman in 1991 when Hamawy was in middle school.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
3 June 2026
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This year, students from 28 colleges and universities, 13 high schools, and one middle school from around the world participated.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 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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The young Brooks’s disciplinary problems began with fights in primary school and culminated in his expulsion from college for threatening a policeman with a firearm.—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The primary school also lost its fresh water after it was contaminated with lake water.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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