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Recent Examples of middle school
Teammates since middle school travel league, Nelson and Boyle make a phenomenal duo on the floor.
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Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Cabarrus County Schools placed a middle school principal on administrative leave after she was arrested over the weekend on a charge of driving while impaired in Mecklenburg County.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
In this collection of short stories, there is a story as syllabus, a board game, middle school gamblers, generous dead neighbors, and a professional gynecology patient.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Even worse, the school had to redesign a remedial math course, Math 2, and teach students not just high school or even middle school math but also elementary school math — meaning what students learn in first to fifth grade.
—David Blobaum, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- trade school
- senior high school
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My first 5k since high school was 2021.—
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Janet couldn’t wait to finish high school and climb the ladder of higher education, narrowing her choices to either the liberal arts Macalester College in Minneapolis or the University of Chicago—both renowned for their international relations programs.—
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Married to a public school teacher and dad to two daughters.—
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Also annually, a third element is $300,000 to each of 13 state public school collegiate athletic departments.—
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Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.—
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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
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Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.—
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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.—
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Prince George is also facing another major change, as he is set to turn 13 on July 22 and begin his secondary school career in the fall.—
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These groups provide financial help to elementary and secondary school students from low- and middle-income families.—
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One month after Amber’s murder, Williams visited her daughter’s elementary school classmates.—
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New Elementary School on Park Road CMS is constructing a new 45-classroom elementary school to serve students in Sedgefield and Dilworth, replacing Dilworth Elementary.—
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Aside from trade school, students can also pursue apprenticeships, career-training programs, boot camps, industry certifications, and occupational licenses.—
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After that, Wadsworth went to a trade school in Arizona before relocating to Charlotte and finding a home in NASCAR.—
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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.—
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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.—
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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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