junior high school

noun

: a school usually including grades seven to nine

called also junior high

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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor. Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024 Kids at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would then go to Frederick Douglass instead. Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024 Owens’ casting served as a reunion for Wayans, as the two actors went to junior high school together in real life. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024 Kim attended Southfield Christian School for elementary and junior high school. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for junior high school 

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of junior high school was in 1907

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“Junior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20high%20school. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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junior high school

noun
: a school usually including the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades

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