junior high school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of junior high school
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Hernandez went home and had her phone taken away, but Burke allegedly paid a junior high school student $1,000 to give her a new device so they could stay in touch.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
I am in the same general age bracket as Ms. Noonan and I can recall the nuclear-attack drills we all experienced in elementary and junior high school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
And then he talked about Greenland, teasing his remarks as if he were standing on a junior high school stage introducing an eighth-grade production of “We’re No Angels.”
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
At the Yongsan school gate, junior high school students, who will take the crucial exam in the coming years, cheered the test-takers, holding encouraging signs and chanting slogans, including: "Get 100 score on Suneung".
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
That first week, the second graders made red-and-green construction paper chains that they hung the length of the elementary and junior high school halls.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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