high schooler

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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
  • Last spring, the distressed mother of a middle schooler sat in my office.
    Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The middle schooler’s generous spirit was also honored in his obituary.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Two Cornell University undergraduate students with valid New York State hunting licenses lawfully killed a bear over the weekend.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Collaboration made system possible The project was led by Rice doctoral alum Brett Pogostin, who began exploring self-assembling peptides as an undergraduate.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 1994 freshman class had 87 members — 73 Republicans against 14 Democrats.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The two met in freshman year in the dorms and quickly became inseparable.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My baby is suddenly old enough to be a kindergartener.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Vaccine exemptions from one or more vaccines among kindergartners increased to 3.6% from 3.3%.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In China, students must pass a highly competitive national postgraduate entrance exam and then study for at least two years before landing a master’s degree.
    Joyce Jiang, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Much of this coverage was written by a new generation of researchers who were trained in quantum theory during their postgraduate studies.
    Jacklin Kwan, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The junior led Monte Vista to a 5-0 record and a win at the Bishop O’Dowd Invitational with 68 kills, 17 aces, 12 blocks and 34 digs.
    Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Lance Suaste, a junior at the university, was walking past the nearby Mountain Run apartments, having just been dropped off after spending the day at a friend’s house.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The sophomore went 5 of 10 for 149 yards on passes that traveled beyond 20 yards against Texas A&M.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Their offense was hanging around the neighborhood dressed like Princeton sophomores.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

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“High schooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20schooler. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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