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junior high

NOUN
generally, 6th-8th grades
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Hernandez went home and had her phone taken away, but Burke allegedly paid a junior high school student $1,000 to give her a new device so they could stay in touch.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

In junior high, I immediately auditioned for school plays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

And then he talked about Greenland, teasing his remarks as if he were standing on a junior high school stage introducing an eighth-grade production of “We’re No Angels.”

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

The best I’d ever done was a kiss on a girl’s front porch after a dance, and that was only with Teresa Anello in junior high school, just once.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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