high schooler
noun
a student enrolled in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade, or sometimes the ninth grade; a secondary school student.
high schoolers
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pluralof high schooler.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They’re no longer those high schoolers bonding between rounds of Pop-A-Shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Every June, millions of Chinese high schoolers take a make-or-break university entrance exam that many regard as the world’s hardest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The characters first appeared in 2019 as high schoolers, and are now in their early twenties.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
She has two adult kids, and I have one in college and two high schoolers who rotate between my house and staying with their mother, who lives around the corner.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
I’d been one of the older kids at Bryn Mawr and was now among the youngest of the high schoolers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
