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
  • Enrollment for postsecondary education, especially at two-year undergraduate institutions, grew during the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Welch will teach the course again this fall, now offered to undergraduates, full-time and part-time MBA candidates, and all other post-graduate students, with one mega-section of 150.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Redshirt junior Colton Boomer and true freshman Canaan Moore ach missed a field goal — Boomer from 46 yards and Moore from 24.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This was the case for me, as a freshman who was secretly stuck in a cycle of binge eating and restriction but whose outer appearance didn’t change.
    Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My baby is suddenly old enough to be a kindergartener.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Growing up in the palate of the German language forced me constantly into this two-by-two, like a line of kindergartners.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Drahi, who had a postgraduate degree from Télécom Paris, one of the country’s top engineering schools, was a cable guy.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Those activities include military service, religious missions, professional participation in other schools and enrolling in a postgraduate (PG) year after high school.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As a junior, Pritchard had 75 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery as Seminole High School went 10-3.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Parker is currently a junior at Spelman College, a historically Black women's liberal arts college in Atlanta.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Tatis is a supreme defender in right field, but with center fielder Jackson Merrill still in the throes of a sophomore slump, Tatis’ offensive form — or lack thereof — will largely determine the team’s trajectory.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The sophomore quarterback was part of the reason a 10-7 halftime lead became a 20-13 loss.
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“High schooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20schooler. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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