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junior high school

American  

noun

  1. a school attended after elementary school and usually consisting of grades seven through nine.

Etymology

Origin of junior high school

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

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He only studied music in junior high school but continued playing and touring through 2025.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

We wrote a story about it for our mimeographed junior high school newspaper; at first the teacher didn’t believe we had really talked with him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

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

Throughout junior high school, she wore a Milwaukee brace, a corrective for severe scoliosis.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024

And I would watch it with sorrow and disgust, unable then to imagine what he was going through, too far into my own junior high school survival.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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