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junior high

NOUN
generally, 6th-8th grades
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Syarifah Hatifah, the 57-year-old vice principal of a junior high school in provincial capital Pontianak, fears some of her nearly 600 pupils may be falling behind.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

I am in the same general age bracket as Ms. Noonan and I can recall the nuclear-attack drills we all experienced in elementary and junior high school.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

He only studied music in junior high school but continued playing and touring through 2025.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

“We will all bow out someday but hopefully not anytime soon,” added Art, a friend since junior high who’s the Mexiclan’s resident Aristotle.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2026

You know they aren’t going to last, but when you start in on them, they’re like a week of summer plunked down as a gift in the middle of junior high school.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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