: a school especially in the U.S. usually including grades 9–12 or 10–12
: a system of advanced exercises in horsemanship
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The two sides negotiated an age eligibility rule that, as of 2006, requires players to be 19 years old and, for Americans, one year out of high school.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Across studies and types of CTE programs, student participation in CTE had statistically significant positive impacts on students’ high school academic achievement, their likelihood of completing high school, their employability skills, and their college readiness.
—Bruno V. Manno, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The two sides negotiated an age eligibility rule that, as of 2006, requires players to be 19 years old and, for Americans, one year out of high school.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Across studies and types of CTE programs, student participation in CTE had statistically significant positive impacts on students’ high school academic achievement, their likelihood of completing high school, their employability skills, and their college readiness.
—Bruno V. Manno, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20school. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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