middle school

noun

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

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Someone who contributes to the 2034 World Series winner is currently a middle school student — heck, maybe your child will be the one leading the A’s to their first title in 45 years! Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025 Tyler first found football in middle school, Kenneth Boyd said, playing flag football at a Special Olympics camp in Winter Park. Steven Walker, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025 The upheaval comes on the heels of a successful year, with the chorale launching the High Notes, a choir for middle school students in Pasadena and Altadena , as well as the Pasadena Choral Society. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025 Recognized under the pseudonym Marie Moe in court papers, the prisoner is described as someone who began the transition process in middle school, began taking feminizing hormones at age 15, and has been housed in a facility designated for women ever since the defendant was convicted. Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025 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 10 Feb. 2025.

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middle school

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

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