grade school
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of grade school
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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In grade school, he was aloof and preferred the company of musical scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
The two know each other from grade school years earlier but hadn’t been friends, and now they’re gawky teenagers practiced in the supreme virtue of adolescence, which is to be cool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
It’s been speculated, notably by MSNOW’s Chris Hayes, that Trump was looking at the Mercator Projection map that we probably all remember from our grade school geography textbooks.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
Recall from grade school fraction math that you may cancel diagonally; the two “sales” disappear, as do the “assets.”
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Park's mom had been cutting Tina's hair since grade school.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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