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Recent Examples of high school
Before Peter can even set foot in his new high school, a portal opens above the school, and an inky black creature similar to Venom comes crashing into the streets below.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Winning is something both girls are accustomed to in high school.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
In another part of the room was assistant coach Porter Ellett, who alluded to having his right arm amputated in high school.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Winning is something both girls are accustomed to in high school.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
In another part of the room was assistant coach Porter Ellett, who alluded to having his right arm amputated in high school.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- middle school
- common school
- primary school
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School Board members must remember that their constituents are not only public school students and their parents, but Broward taxpayers as well.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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State officials reportedly pegged the total of the hurricane’s damage for western North Carolina public schools to be about $85 million.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
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Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.—
Jodi S. Cohen,
ProPublica,
25 Nov. 2024
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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
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During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Nov. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.—
Madeleine Parrish,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Oct. 2024
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In 2023, the district voted him secondary school teacher of the year.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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The first day of school for elementary and secondary schools in the 2025-2026 school year is set for Aug. 14, 2025 and the last day of school is June 4, 2026.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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The couple met in elementary school and began dating in high school.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Other revelations in the diary include information about Henderson’s social media accounts being suspended for praising acts of mass violence and other school shootings, including a massacre at a Nashville elementary school in 2023.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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No one in the group is a stranger—a handful of them are the surfer and skater boys that so many of us had crushes on in middle school.—
Emma Marie Jenkinson,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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This year’s finalists include two U.S. History high school teachers, a teacher of appliance and refrigeration repair at a technical school and a middle school orchestra teacher.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.—
Marianne Mather,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2024
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Fighters from Tel Rifaat have remained temporarily on duty, occupying a former Kurdish militia base in the primary school and guarding checkpoints on the edge of town.—
Carlotta Gall,
New York Times,
15 Dec. 2024
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Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, who uses only one name, also directed all primary schools to shift to online classes.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
15 Nov. 2024
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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