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Recent Examples of high school
Okay, so maybe the girls Caroline went to high school with would have kids.
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Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Wyle got his start in acting during his sophomore year of high school, auditioning for a play as a bit of a joke.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Landrew, a national high school player of the year candidate this past season, figures to be further along as a contender for immediate playing time.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s been five years since high school, and Rue (Zendaya) is still paying down her debt to Laurie (Martha Kelly) by working as a drug mule.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
Wyle got his start in acting during his sophomore year of high school, auditioning for a play as a bit of a joke.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Landrew, a national high school player of the year candidate this past season, figures to be further along as a contender for immediate playing time.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s been five years since high school, and Rue (Zendaya) is still paying down her debt to Laurie (Martha Kelly) by working as a drug mule.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 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 2016, the state approved a bill, SB 1413, that allowed public school districts to build affordable rental housing with low-income tax credits.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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And Texas, a red state that is home to about one in 10 of the nation’s public school students, often helps set the agenda.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication.—
Corinne Brion,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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Raducanu attended Newstead Wood School, a highly selective secondary school in Orpington, Greater London.—
Laura Payne,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.—
William McCorkle,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Sacramento Police Department on Sunday night released body camera footage of an officer shooting a suspect near an elementary school last month in the Northgate area.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the Lake Nona name was already used for a high school and middle school, the elementary school was not located in the development itself.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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That goes back to middle school and high school.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Masayoshi Takanaka’s Journey From Tokyo to TikTok Takanaka, born in Tokyo in 1953, picked up the guitar in middle school, inspired by Western acts including Cream, The Beatles and Ten Years After.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 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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Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
12 May 2025
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Talankin was a beloved events coordinator and school videographer at his primary school in the remote Russian town of Karabash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Wunmi also developed a curious daily ritual of coming home every day after primary school, drinking cartons of long-life milk, and watching Annie.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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