junior high school
Americannoun
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
Next fall she would be going to junior high school.
From Literature
“Just think. If we win, I’ll be sure to get on the team in junior high school next year.”
From Literature
And then he talked about Greenland, teasing his remarks as if he were standing on a junior high school stage introducing an eighth-grade production of “We’re No Angels.”
From Salon
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.
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