grade school

noun

grade-schooler noun

Examples of grade school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some of the stories are startling enough to seem like a major omission from grade school history books. Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Grab your wagons and oxen, and get ready to ford a river: A movie adaptation of the popular grade school computer game Oregon Trail is in development at Apple. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024 Since learning to break in grade school, the U.S. team’s youngest member has navigated both high-flying success and personal struggles on her road to the Olympics. Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024 Surgeons, or anyone who could conceivably perform such operations, do not work at grade schools, which need parental consent to give students most medical care. Orion Rummler, Them, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grade school 

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Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grade school was in 1869

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“Grade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grade%20school. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

grade school

noun
: a public school including the first six or the first eight grades

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