grade school

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It’s been speculated, notably by MSNOW’s Chris Hayes, that Trump was looking at the Mercator Projection map that we probably all remember from our grade school geography textbooks.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Salary was an afterthought for Buffett, whose own Berkshire stock portfolio had been accruing gains since Abel was in grade school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Recall from grade school fraction math that you may cancel diagonally; the two “sales” disappear, as do the “assets.”

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

For Schneider, there was the time a jazz combo played in an assembly at grade school.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

It seemed as if all through grade school, I was reading two books, one for me and one for my teachers.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam