middle school

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Recent Examples of middle school John Washington, now in his 50s, attended a public elementary and middle school in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia and then went to a large magnet high school, a type of public school that has a selective admission process. Leana Cabral, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026 Who wouldn’t exchange a day at middle school for Liu’s glamorous existence? Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026 Smith told the jury that Colin Gray’s daughter was in lockdown at her middle school and texted her father that there had been a shooting at the high school. John Raby, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026 High school and middle school groups faced off and were quizzed on a wide range of Black History topics, from local roots to national moments. Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle school
Noun
  • Lappe, in his first high school at-bat, delivered an RBI double.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The second big night of high school boys hockey section tournament play again went very much according to seed.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Wu said the city’s public school system will be closed for a second straight day on Tuesday, and libraries and community centers won’t open until noon.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The Department of Health has started the rulemaking process of repealing requirements for Hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for public school attendance.
    Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Oleh Kiper, the head of Ukraine’s Odesa region on the Black Sea, said drones damaged civilian and energy infrastructure facilities in the region, including a secondary school and an energy company’s warehouses.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The secondary school has just 175 students from Grades 7 to 12, according to the province’s website.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Nearly a hundred people attended a vigil at a South Side elementary school for the 17-year-old dancer who was killed in a car accident early Thursday morning.
    Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Five elementary school students and two drivers were injured in a serious collision involving a school bus and a work van on Thursday afternoon in Vernon.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Griffin, who plans to attend a trade school to study welding or HVAC repair, said the hands-on experience piqued his interest.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Applicants must be permanent Illinois residents and be enrolled in a college, university or trade school for the 2026-27 academic year.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The former five-star prospect missed his entire senior high school season and freshman college season due to a torn ACL, reinjuring the same knee that had already been surgically repaired.
    Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This is the podcast that would make my senior high school English teacher, Mr. Bergeron, very happy.
    Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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