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Recent Examples of junior high school
My junior high school yearbook picture drives that truth home.
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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
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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
- high school
- senior high school
- public school
- secondary school
- grammar school
- elementary school
- middle school
- trade school
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The violence broke out after hundreds of middle and high school students flooded the downtown to protest.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Solana Beach Civic & Historical Society offers two $3,500 Scholarships this year for high school students or adult learners to assist in financing college, graduate school or technical school tuition.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The fourth annual Home Run Derby, a fundraising event that supports scholarships for South Bay senior high school athletes, is set for Nov. 22 at Eastlake High School.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Nov. 2025
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Critics say ESAs will funnel money away from public school districts, which are already suffering enrollment decline.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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These bills are a small down payment on the support your public school needs to ensure that every student gets the high-quality education Floridians demand.—
Andrew Spar,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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During the final stretch of secondary school, the popular Connell (Mescal) and wallflower Marianne (Edgar-Jones) begin an on-off romance that extends for the next four years, ultimately defining that era of their lives.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Factors that contributed to New Hampshire’s appeal include low non-medical drug use, high secondary school completion rates, and a nearly 10% drop in homelessness.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
19 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, across the border, the Illinois governor delivered an address asking federal officials to suspend operations through the holiday weekend after their agents deployed tear gas and interrupted a Chicago grammar school’s Halloween festivities.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Mark Glende, Rosemount, is an elementary school custodian.—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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The Huffington Post reported that four children from an elementary school in a heavily Latino suburb of Minneapolis had been shipped to a detention facility in Texas.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Wednesday is National Girls & Women in Sports Day, so why not salute Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles, the only public, all-girls middle school in California.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Elliott, who coached middle school football and taught social studies, was arrested in October for allegedly filming students undressing in the locker room.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Aside from trade school, students can also pursue apprenticeships, career-training programs, boot camps, industry certifications, and occupational licenses.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
19 Dec. 2025
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After that, Wadsworth went to a trade school in Arizona before relocating to Charlotte and finding a home in NASCAR.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Junior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junior%20high%20school. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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