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Recent Examples of middle school
Police got a new lead on the case in February, after two juveniles reported the video, one to a parent and the other to a middle school official in Albuquerque, according to Cmdr.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
My small rural middle school in northwest Arkansas has had a no-cellphone policy since 2019.
—arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Pismo clams, once abundant along the California coast, are being grown and studied in a middle school classroom.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2025
Many of these players are lifers, kids who started at Kent Denver in middle school, with a few, like Fay, who had Schayes as their sixth-grade English teacher.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
My small rural middle school in northwest Arkansas has had a no-cellphone policy since 2019.
—arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Pismo clams, once abundant along the California coast, are being grown and studied in a middle school classroom.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2025
Many of these players are lifers, kids who started at Kent Denver in middle school, with a few, like Fay, who had Schayes as their sixth-grade English teacher.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
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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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This touring musical comedy, based on the movie about high school’s social pecking order, is in town for five performances over one weekend only, March 28-30.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Allaire: Timothée in his McQueen scarf totally inspired me to dig out my own McQueen scarf from high school.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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The bill also would divert $50 million from other state tax revenues and use them to maintain and improve public school facilities, aiming to provide an alternative to property tax levies that typically fund these repairs and updates.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2025
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The event — staged by Orlando Health and the Orlando Sports Foundation, which raises money to find cures for cancer — showcased top seniors from 15 Orange County public schools.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine 🏃🏾♂️. March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Dammers belonged to a generation that was pushed to pass the notorious eleven-plus exam and get into one of the United Kingdom’s supposedly superior grammar schools.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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So was the girl leaving a village to attend secondary school, and the family accessing clean water for the first time.—
Michael J. Nyenhuis,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Jam formed in 1972 while all three band members were in secondary school, and their first album titled In the City released in 1977.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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The new math policy aims to standardize math teaching in elementary schools ensuring all students meet minimum grade-level standards.—
Shaela Foster,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
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Beauty stores have been likened to elementary schools, as 10-year-olds run amok, some caught treating employees poorly or destroying displays.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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Rotary holds scholarship raffle The Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary will hold a scholarship raffle to raise money for scholarships for Carlsbad students who are interested in furthering their education at college or trade schools.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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The missive, blasted to the account’s 4.2 million followers, was accompanied by screenshots of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the government form that determines eligibility for financial assistance in paying for college or trade school.—
Zach Montague,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 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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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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