high school

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Recent Examples of high school For someone who is leaving high school or in their 20s, there is generally not as much responsibility as someone who is 40, 45 or 50. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 6 July 2026 In high school, a young person’s digital life becomes even more complicated. Elizabeth Dowdell, The Conversation, 6 July 2026 He has been married once, to his former high school sweetheart and mother of his first child, Toya Johnson. Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for high school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
Noun
  • Both public school districts continue to outperform the state of Florida average testing marks for most academic subject and skill tests.
    Austin Horn July 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Amanda Davidson and her family moved to Overland Park a few years ago due to the area’s strong public school system.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The students, who were taking their secondary school leaving examinations when they were attacked and abducted, are between 15 and 18 years old.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • As William revealed earlier this year, George has already started boarding—good preparation for what is to come at secondary school.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • He was charged with possession of child pornography in 2018 and hosted his campaign kickoff in front of an elementary school.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Despite her typically sweet and rule-following ways, Weeks got called to her elementary school principal’s office after getting in the face of a boy who picked on her best friend, according to Kristen Weeks.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • During middle school, students begin to focus on establishing their identity, peer belonging and rapidly developing impulse-control systems.
    Elizabeth Dowdell, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • For the first time, middle school students will participate in summer programs focused on artificial intelligence, STEM subjects, mathematics, science, and English.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Said Oulhadj, 62, a primary school principal in a mountain village, wanted to run with the independent Thagmats (Fraternity) party but was banned.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Maureen Groppe Idaho’s law prohibits transgender women and girls from playing on female teams from primary school through college, including both intramural sports and competitive, elite teams.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026

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