grade-schooler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grade-schooler
Example Sentences
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A Dodger hadn’t gone nine since José Lima in 2004, when Yamamoto was a grade-schooler back in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
As a grade-schooler, she cherished her “dead-pet collection,” a plexiglass case of dearly departed cicadas, beetles and butterflies.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
Because “Abbott” would be shot mockumentary-style, a moment in which a grade-schooler answered a teacher’s question or declined a proffered slice of rubbery cafeteria pizza dictated a different way of delivering lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2022
When Ali Aguilar was a grade-schooler watching pitchers like Cat Osterman and Monica Abbott compete in the 2004 and ’08 Olympics, the aspiring young softballer dreamed of one day wearing the USA uniform herself.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021
And only heaven itself could help a Coalwood grade-schooler if he said “liberry” instead of “library.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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