middle school

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Recent Examples of middle school On Saturday, June 6, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 54, shared a post on Instagram in celebration of 14-year-old Georgia finishing her time in middle school. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart's younger daughter Georgia has graduated from middle school. Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 June 2026 Court testimony shows that Hamawy met Adbel-Rahman in 1991 when Hamawy was in middle school. Philip Wang, Time, 3 June 2026 This year, students from 28 colleges and universities, 13 high schools, and one middle school from around the world participated. Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school
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Noun
  • Very common to see in UIL Texas high school basketball playoffs.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
  • Only about 2% of high school football players land full athletic scholarships, making America’s favorite sport a difficult ticket to secure for a player.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • School safety grants were issued to public school districts across the state for a dollar amount that would cover a Centegix system, and those systems have since been installed across Georgia.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • According to the California Department of Education, San Francisco is the sixth largest public school district in the state, with about 55,000 students.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.
    Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The march was organized by the Confederation of Chilean Students and supported by other organizations, including the Teachers’ Union, secondary school student associations, and feminist groups.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • The bus was coming from the academy’s secondary school just over a mile away on Brewster Street.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Chloe Thompson, Denver North’s goalie who has played with Gentry since elementary school, witnessed a relentless competitor who understands how greatness gets crafted in the practice beyond practice.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • From senior citizens to elementary school students, arts organizations across Colorado continue working to engage audiences of all ages.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • With only about a month left before graduation, eligible high school seniors across Los Angeles County still have time to claim scholarship funding worth up to $1,500 to pay for college, trade school or other education expenses.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • An online streamer raising money to build a trade school program for underserved kids was hit by a car during his cross-country fundraising walk — and his livestream captured it all.
    Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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