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Recent Examples of high school
Shortstop Betts married his wife, Brianna Betts, in December 2021, but the two have been an item since high school.
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Police drew guns on a student outside a Baltimore County high school after an artificial intelligence system mistook his snack for a firearm.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
To top off their lack of appreciation for our movie about teenagers where parents were only spoken about and rarely seen, the studio’s research had told them that a movie about high school kids would not do well.
—Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
His death energized efforts to expand Turning Point's reach, which already had a considerable presence on college and high school campuses.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Police drew guns on a student outside a Baltimore County high school after an artificial intelligence system mistook his snack for a firearm.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
To top off their lack of appreciation for our movie about teenagers where parents were only spoken about and rarely seen, the studio’s research had told them that a movie about high school kids would not do well.
—Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
His death energized efforts to expand Turning Point's reach, which already had a considerable presence on college and high school campuses.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 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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Across Florida, traditional public school systems have seen steep enrollment declines, including a 14,000-student drop this year in Miami-Dade County.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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One person who has experienced these consequences is Tara Blunt, a resident of Falls City, Nebraska, where, until recently, her son attended a local public school.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
29 Oct. 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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Nearly three-quarters of the 119 million girls out of school worldwide are of secondary school-age, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Girls were notably banned from secondary school the next month, meaning that online education became one of the last avenues of hope.—
Zahra Nader,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Other potential changes could include moving to a four-day school week or closing an elementary school, per the district.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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Now an apartment complex, the former elementary school is known for the dramatic scene in which Max, Dani and Allison tried (and failed) to burn the Sanderson sisters alive in the school's furnace.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the lawsuit, Ring’s family alleged that the middle school knew that the teen was being bullied for being trans, and wasn’t providing a safe environment, per KREM.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
31 Oct. 2025
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Tyrone Cliff, 38, was working as a middle school teacher at Bayshore Christian School when Florida deputies were contacted by law enforcement in Washington, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and jail records.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 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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Langlois — a Canadian VFX visionary responsible for the tech that made movies like Jurassic Park possible — and his partner Marchand collaborated not only on Coulibri Ridge, but also rebuilding jetties, a primary school, and coral reefs after the devastating 2017 storm.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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Following the spiritual moment, the King and Queen encountered a group of schoolchildren from the local primary school, Scuola Primaria San Paolo - Istituto Figlie di Cristo, who were waiting to greet them outside the Papal Basilica.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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