grade school

noun

grade-schooler noun

Examples of grade school in a Sentence

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In grade school, Jon attended practices with the junior high team his dad coached. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025 Many of them, girls and young women, were still in grade school, the others in high school. Bob Hill, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Dec. 2025 One report found that 84 percent of high school students use generative AI tools for schoolwork, while another found over half of grade school teachers used AI for their work. Jared Perlo, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025 The full colorway is Black/Metallic Silver/Dark Smoke Gray/Smoke Gray/Light Smoke Gray/Volt and the grade school style code is IO4801-002. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grade school

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of grade school was in 1869

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“Grade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grade%20school. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.

Kids Definition

grade school

noun
: a public school including the first six or the first eight grades

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