middle school

noun

: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

Examples of middle school in a Sentence

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Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025 The project earned Rina an award as one of the top 30 middle school scientists in 2020 from the Society for Science, a Washington DC nonprofit. Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025 The Jonathan Joss origin story Wahl-Trejo cobbled together, over time, goes like this: Joss grew up in San Antonio, born to parents of Comanche and White Mountain Apache descent, and worked in their restaurant starting in middle school. Ethan Bauer, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025 The start time abruptly changed to 8:45 a.m. in sixth-grade middle school and has been 8:30 a.m., in both seventh- and eighth-grade middle school and, now, through high school. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for middle school

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.

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middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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