grade school

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Nancy and Debbie clicked in grade school in part because they were both quiet, awkward and tall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

In grade school, he was aloof and preferred the company of musical scores.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

It’s been speculated, notably by MSNOW’s Chris Hayes, that Trump was looking at the Mercator Projection map that we probably all remember from our grade school geography textbooks.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Recall from grade school fraction math that you may cancel diagonally; the two “sales” disappear, as do the “assets.”

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

Not a single black child attended an integrated public grade school in South Carolina, Alabama, or Mississippi as of the 1962–1963 school year.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander