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Recent Examples of middle schooler
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.
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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
One Fayette County middle schooler is proving that no one is ever too young to make a big impact.
—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
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
One Fayette County middle schooler is proving that no one is ever too young to make a big impact.
—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
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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Trump this month signed an executive order that would limit eligibility to five years, allow one transfer without penalty for undergraduates, stop pay-for-play schemes and build in protections for women's and Olympic sports.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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While raising young children, Currie finally obtained her undergraduate degree in 1968 before working on the campaign of activist and lawyer Michael Shakman to be elected delegate to the 1969-70 constitutional convention.—
Hannah Meisel,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Our program, by contrast, automatically enrolls every public school kindergartener, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, unless their family opts out.—
Debra-Ellen Glickstein,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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When the pandemic hit, our local public school closed its computer lab, issued my kindergartener an iPad, and never looked back.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Two Hyde Park Academy students, including an 18-year-old Lania Smith and a 15-year-old freshman Violet Harris, were killed in two separate hit-and-run accidents, and now a 16-year-old is dead after a shooting just a block from the school.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The two of them met freshman year in their dormitory at the University of Pennsylvania.—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
16 Apr. 2026
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For many years, Libby Gelman-Waxner, then an assistant buyer in juniors’ activewear, moonlighted for Premiere magazine and Entertainment Weekly as the world’s most beloved and irresponsible movie critic.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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Naperville Central junior Ryan Pall has seen action at first base and catcher and has gotten at-bats at several spots in the batting order.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 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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The Brotherly Bultema Battery of junior pitcher Maddux and sophomore catcher Nolan had the South Lake hitters baffled.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Apr. 2026
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Junior guard Malia Samuels, sophomore forward Dayana Mendes, junior forward Yakiya Milton and sophomore forward Vivian Iwuchukwu have each entered the transfer portal, but a talented freshman class will help the Trojans reload quickly.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Middle schooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20schooler. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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