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Recent Examples of middle schooler
One Fayette County middle schooler is proving that no one is ever too young to make a big impact.
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Erika Stanish, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
When Disney started to cast a new sitcom about a middle schooler secretly moonlighting as a pop star, Cyrus initially auditioned for the sidekick role, Lilly, who was ultimately played by Emily Osment.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
After bursting onto the national scene as a middle schooler, then retiring from her sport at the grand old age of 16, Liu now seems to have found her true self.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026
Entering her freshman year at Libertyville, Mary Minogue was an up-and-coming talent who had already qualified for state as a middle schooler competing against boys.
—Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The pair first met when Crawford was a middle schooler participating in MLB’s Elite Development Invitational, where Davis was a coach.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The middle schooler's accomplice in the murder is revealed in episode 2.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
As a middle schooler, I got hooked on Cherry Coke.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Erika Stanish, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
When Disney started to cast a new sitcom about a middle schooler secretly moonlighting as a pop star, Cyrus initially auditioned for the sidekick role, Lilly, who was ultimately played by Emily Osment.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
After bursting onto the national scene as a middle schooler, then retiring from her sport at the grand old age of 16, Liu now seems to have found her true self.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026
Entering her freshman year at Libertyville, Mary Minogue was an up-and-coming talent who had already qualified for state as a middle schooler competing against boys.
—Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The pair first met when Crawford was a middle schooler participating in MLB’s Elite Development Invitational, where Davis was a coach.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The middle schooler's accomplice in the murder is revealed in episode 2.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
As a middle schooler, I got hooked on Cherry Coke.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle schooler
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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
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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
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As a Brown undergraduate, the narrator took one of Thomas’s classes, which marked him indelibly.—
Giles Harvey,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Available only at the Milan campus for the moment, the core offering of the new educational project will be a three-year undergraduate program starting in October and mixing creative, technical and managerial skills.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Nathy Mbuyi was a kindergartener at Cheney Hills Elementary, the school’s principal, Cheryl Waddell, wrote in a message sent to parents.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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Targeting a mother worried about her feverish child, a father bringing his newborn to the pediatrician for weight check, or a kindergartener coming home from school promotes cruelty, not safety.—
Dr. Lauren Palladino,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Star freshman point guard Kingston Flemings, who expected to be an NBA lottery pick, had 11 points on 4-of-10 shooting and Milos Uzan made just 2 of 11 shots.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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While Welniak made her varsity debut as a freshman, she has been be tasked with even more responsibility this spring.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Her older brother, Aiden, is a junior on South Elgin’s junior varsity baseball team.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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All four of Munoz’s children attended Park Hill schools, including her youngest son who is a junior at Park Hill South High School.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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If the paths for getting there—which may include postgraduate study in a doctoral program or professional school—are diminishing, then college itself will follow suit.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Give me the grizzled wisdom and experience of someone in their 50s or 60s; give me Esther Perel and Orna Guralnik; give me someone with a postgraduate certificate in relationship counseling at the very least.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
26 Dec. 2025
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On the threshold of their first season together as Huskies – Fudd as a sophomore, Karaban a redshirt freshman – the pair combined to hit 18 of 24 shots, securing a win for the white team.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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Those two are joined in the running back room by freshman Keilan Chavies and redshirt sophomore transfers Juelz Goff (Pittsburgh) and Harry Stewart III (Kansas).—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Middle schooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20schooler. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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