junior high school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of junior high school
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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But Burke allegedly drove to Lake Elsinore and paid a junior high school student $1,000 to give her a new phone so they could stay in touch, according to the document filed Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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
At the Yongsan school gate, junior high school students, who will take the crucial exam in the coming years, cheered the test-takers, holding encouraging signs and chanting slogans, including: "Get 100 score on Suneung".
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
Throughout junior high school, she wore a Milwaukee brace, a corrective for severe scoliosis.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024
The best I’d ever done was a kiss on a girl’s front porch after a dance, and that was only with Teresa Anello in junior high school, just once.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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