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Recent Examples of secondary school
Sulaiman was in his third year of the Madrasah Tsanawiyah, or secondary school.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
According to Florida law, that includes police stations, prisons, polling places, elementary or secondary school buildings and locations where open carry is prohibited by federal law.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
If the cool girls in secondary school ranked me as pretty, then that too must have been true.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
According to Florida law, that includes police stations, prisons, polling places, elementary or secondary school buildings and locations where open carry is prohibited by federal law.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
If the cool girls in secondary school ranked me as pretty, then that too must have been true.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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Younger children in prekindergarten and elementary school had the highest rates of both infection and illness on average.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Montclair parents found that most elementary school students can handle a distance of 3-5 miles, and the group travels at a speed of around 6 miles per hour so the younger kids can keep up.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Its residents are more than willing to pay the $500,000 upfront membership fee plus nearly $40,000 a year to use the island’s amenities, which Eber notes include both pickleball and tennis courts, two deepwater marinas, a nine-hole golf course, a spa and a private primary school.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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The primary school on Thymaina is down to just two grade-school students.—
Sarah McCammon,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Acuff won a high school state championship at the Breslin Center in 2023.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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After a dedication ceremony at his former high school, Dak Prescott said losing Kneeland left him with a heavy heart.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Loucks added national context, citing information from the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress that said just 31% of fourth-grade public school students nationwide performed at or above the proficient level on the reading assessment.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Researchers followed more than 800 students and staff members from a large public school district in Kansas City, Missouri, from November 2022 through May 2023.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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My junior high school yearbook picture drives that truth home.—
Josh Browning,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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As the mean girl of the town's junior high school, Amber uses her popularity to hurt Kat instead of treating her nicely.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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In 2007, McKeller released her first book, Math Doesn’t Suck, demystifying concepts like fractions, decimals, percents, and algebra for girls in middle school.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
5 Nov. 2025
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As of her gubernatorial win, Sherrill and Hedberg's younger son, Ike, is a sophomore at Montclair High School, while Marit is in middle school at Montclair Kimberley Academy.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, across the border, the Illinois governor delivered an address asking federal officials to suspend operations through the holiday weekend after their agents deployed tear gas and interrupted a Chicago grammar school’s Halloween festivities.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Jukes dabbled in basketball in grammar school before deciding to concentrate on volleyball.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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