senior high school

noun

: a school usually including grades 10 to 12

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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams. Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025 About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025 During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024 Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history. Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for senior high school 

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of senior high school was in 1909

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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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