junior high school

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Recent Examples of junior high school My junior high school yearbook picture drives that truth home. Josh Browning, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025 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 George Clinton and the Parliaments played at my junior high school. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025 The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953. April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for junior high school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junior high school
Noun
  • Lappe, in his first high school at-bat, delivered an RBI double.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The second big night of high school boys hockey section tournament play again went very much according to seed.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The former five-star prospect missed his entire senior high school season and freshman college season due to a torn ACL, reinjuring the same knee that had already been surgically repaired.
    Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This is the podcast that would make my senior high school English teacher, Mr. Bergeron, very happy.
    Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • While many Michigan schools have already adopted their own cellphone policies, the new law will create baseline regulations for all public school districts, where officials could still consider stricter rules.
    Jordyn Hermani, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • John Washington, now in his 50s, attended a public elementary and middle school in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia and then went to a large magnet high school, a type of public school that has a selective admission process.
    Leana Cabral, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The secondary school has just 175 students from Grades 7 to 12, according to the province’s website.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing also supports K–12 STEM outreach programs through the University of South Carolina, which include engagement with primary and secondary school students across the state.
    Jason Phillips, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Hallmark says approximately 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged on the holiday (not including those prepackaged valentines exchanged in elementary school classrooms).
    Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
  • There are many unqualified elementary school teachers.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Vinny Sigala saw the neighborhood start to change throughout his years in middle school and high school.
    Andrés Soto, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • As longtime college math faculty in San Diego County, we were taken aback by the news about first-year students struggling with middle school math at UC San Diego.
    Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Applicants must be permanent Illinois residents and be enrolled in a college, university or trade school for the 2026-27 academic year.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Eligible California public school students can claim an account with up to $1,500 in university or trade school funds, while all children born in the state on or after July 1, 2022, can receive up to $175.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026

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“Junior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junior%20high%20school. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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