grade school
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grade school
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Grade school civics classes call it “checks and balances.”
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023
Grade school amoeba friends are silly, so-so role models.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021
The sun's visible surface, the photosphere, simmers at about 5500°C. Grade school physics holds that because the corona is farther still from the heat source at the sun's core, temperatures should fall.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 1, 2018
Grade school is mostly ridiculous busy work and crowd control and marking tasks off things.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2018
Grade school was the place wherein I experienced my first taste of romance.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann
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