middle school

noun

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as in high school

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Recent Examples of middle school Some of them were recorded, and the report states that Vidrios' phone contains video of the two having sex in her school resource officer's office at the middle school. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 To get more help navigating this extremely challenging time, check out these facts for families for middle school and early high school, and late high school and beyond from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 July 2026 During middle school, students begin to focus on establishing their identity, peer belonging and rapidly developing impulse-control systems. — Elizabeth Dowdell, Fortune, 15 July 2026 That growth prompted voters to approve a bond measure that funded improvements across the district, including the expansion of Windsor Middle School, after the opening of the town's second middle school a few years ago. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle school
  1. high school
  2. public school
  3. junior high school
  4. grammar school
  5. secondary school
  6. elementary school
  7. trade school
  8. senior high school
Noun
  • The grades that students receive in high school and college can decide their futures.
    — Laura Link, Washington Post, 21 July 2026
  • In alphabetical order, here are the top running backs ahead of the Georgia high school football season.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Ellery Brown also worked for many years in Miami-Dade’s public school system, leading New World School of the Arts, a public magnet high school and college, from 1993 to 2007.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • The bill would send quarterly installments of $2,500 next year to public school paraprofessionals, whose starting salary is about $32,600.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • The two remaining students already were of junior high school age and were in the midst of attending middle school in neighboring districts as part of an agreement that McAuley leaders reached with District 33 in the late 1980s.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of grammar school
Noun
  • The young Brits' last year in secondary school finds Charlie starting a pride club, Nick worrying about an uncertain future, and both considering the impact of long-distance love.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • As George started his final year at Lambrook before beginning secondary school in 2026, the princess offered an update on her eldest son.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 14 July 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Louder plays Imani, a Black elementary school teacher who butts heads with Ben, a white executive, and wakes up the next day in his body after a mysterious escape room adventure.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 July 2026
  • Later, his elementary school music teacher encouraged him to switch from drums to bass.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Certified workers in the trades, of which there is a significant shortage, can make $100K/year a few years out of trade school, for example.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
  • Citing capacity concerns, Sabold has advice for anyone considering a trade school like his.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026
Definition of trade school
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
Definition of senior high school

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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