junior high school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of junior high school
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Since its launch in 2018, the privately held Light has secured endorsement deals with National Football League veterans and junior high school players alike, and sometimes circumvents team equipment managers—football’s traditional gatekeepers—to promote its helmets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Syarifah Hatifah, the 57-year-old vice principal of a junior high school in provincial capital Pontianak, fears some of her nearly 600 pupils may be falling behind.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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
His ex-wife, Hill, now 83, is a retired junior high school teacher living in Saratoga Springs, Utah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
An Yi always came directly upstairs, and none of my junior high school friends knew where I lived.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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