high schooler

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Recent Examples of high schooler They were led by Tsietsi Mashinini, a charismatic high schooler. Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 As a high schooler, Sophie Hortman helped raise and train Minnie. Derek James, CBS News, 14 June 2026 Bailey Sensitive, charismatic, and mature high schooler who had to grow up fast when his parents died. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 9 June 2026 Ganne played in the final group of the 2021 Open as a 17-year-old high schooler at Olympic Club in San Francisco, eventually finishing as the top amateur. ABC News, 3 June 2026 Saturday night's finals will see Hernandez look to get back to the top of the podium for the final time as a high schooler. Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026 Set in late-1960s New Jersey, the story involves a good-girl high schooler preparing for college (Rosanna Arquette, who lights up the screen) who falls for a bad boy with few future prospects (Vincent Spano). Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 But for now, there are the last days to experience as a high schooler. Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 May 2026 Oreana continues to be such a bad influence on a high schooler. William Earl, Variety, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high schooler
Noun
  • The middle schooler was riding the e-bike in the back parking lot at Stuard Elementary School when they were hit by a vehicle, an Aledo ISD spokesperson said in a statement.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Ava Nassar, a 13-year-old middle schooler from Carlsbad, was with friends and classmates Nathan Adewale, 13, and Dante Veducio, 14.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Between 2021 and 2025, Chinese universities ended or suspended 12,200 undergraduate degree programs and introduced about 10,200 new ones, according to Ministry of Education data cited by Xinhua, China’s official state news agency.
    Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Whitehead wanted to write, but workshops rejected him and the cliquish undergraduate literary scene put him off.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • JSerra’s Ava Irwin, who earned The Register’s Orange County player of the year honor as a freshman in 2025, has enrolled at Sierra Canyon, Trailblazers athletic director Jon Ellinghouse confirmed Thursday.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 26 June 2026
  • Doggett is the first freshman to win this Gatorade national award, which dates to 1986.
    Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • With a teacher husband at home, five kids that include a teenage son who is now towering over everyone in the house (and, apparently, eating said entire house), two teenage daughters, a preteen daughter, and a very loud kindergartener, there is no escape.
    Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 22 June 2026
  • City Council Speaker Julie Menin’s historic proposal to invest $1,000 in every public school kindergartener’s college and career future, with $3,000 going to those with the highest economic needs, does just that.
    Jennifer Jones Austin, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Last year, more than 2 million juniors and seniors took the exam, a two-and-a-half hour ordeal consisting of 44 questions in the math section and 54 in the reading-and-writing section.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
  • The results brought the delegation’s total to 28 medals across the junior, senior, and men’s and women’s artistic disciplines – the most of any nation.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • In families where mothers and fathers live together, about 56% of moms with bachelor degrees and 69% of mothers with postgraduate degrees worked full time in 2025.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • The proposed test, which the ED plans to implement by July 1st, 2026, is designed to measure the financial return on investment of postgraduate degree programs.
    News Desk, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Mbiya, a 7-foot, 245-pound sophomore from Democratic Republic of Congo, played for the ASVEL team system in the top-tier French Pro A League during the 2024-25 season.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
  • Philadelphia native and Delaware State University sophomore Santino Harwood, along with Lincoln University pitcher Solomon McKinney, have been named to the 2026 HBCU Swingman Classic rosters, the MLB announced Thursday.
    Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 19 June 2026

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“High schooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20schooler. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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