grade school

noun

grade-schooler noun

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Proposition 2 looked to borrow $10 billion to build additional construction and modernization among grade schools and community colleges. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024 Be smart: There's good music all day, but don't miss the Night Carrots, a rocking group of grade school girls who have been winning over North Park crowds for years. Andrew Keatts, Axios, 24 Nov. 2024 Whittier, a 3-year-old kindergarten through fifth grade school, received an overall accountability score of 89. Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024 In the ’90s, the two artists collaborated on an installation in which a thick skein of synthetic black hair connected their grade school class portraits, taken in Toronto and Honolulu. Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024 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 22 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

grade school

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

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