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sixth year

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noun

(in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc

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sixth year

His key concern is that inflation expectations could indeed ramp up as the Fed is now in the process of missing its inflation target for a sixth year.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

Housekeepers will be earning more than $100,000 annually by the sixth year of the contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

They will want it to go on for a sixth year at least - to take them back up.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

As she got older, and it came to time for exams in fifth and sixth year, a classmate recommended her own music teacher as being really good.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

Because my parents could not themselves write English, they had dictated it to my sister, who was now in her sixth year of school.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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