middle school

noun

: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

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Loading your audio article Three men have been sentenced for their roles in the 2018 shooting death of a youth football coach in the parking lot of a middle school in south New Jersey, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae announced Saturday. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025 Our officer did not play football past middle school. Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025 Since 2018, the Orange Bowl Media Center Makeover Project has helped modernize media centers at elementary and middle schools throughout the area. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025 Our favorite Gen Alpha decoder and middle school teacher Mr. Lindsay weighs in on what's dominated the past year. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for middle school 

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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