grade school

noun

grade-schooler noun

Examples of grade school in a Sentence

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Nearly 950 students attend the Kindergarten through 12th grade school, according to the website. Michael Loria, USA Today, 5 June 2025 Like a poem, a poll should also anticipate as many readerly perspectives as possible, wording questions so that everyone from avid readers to people who haven’t touched a novel since grade school can understand them. Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 Recently, Schmitz and her colleagues published a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, revealing that children exposed to paternal depression around age five are far more likely to experience behavioral challenges in grade school. Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025 The ruse was discovered in 1986 when Hubbard, then 57, was accused of propositioning a 13-year-old girl at a grade school. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for grade school

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 10 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

grade school

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

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