as in schoolboy
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Recent Examples of schoolchild
Every Texas schoolchild deserves the best education possible.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
Go to Howe Caverns, the field-trip destination of every upstate New York schoolchild.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 22 Dec. 2023
The schoolchild innocence of the alphabet is juxtaposed with the violence and instability of the historical moment.
—Mark Nowak Anne Boyer, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
My bladder felt like an unruly schoolchild waiting for the final bell.
—Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
Go to Howe Caverns, the field-trip destination of every upstate New York schoolchild.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 22 Dec. 2023
The schoolchild innocence of the alphabet is juxtaposed with the violence and instability of the historical moment.
—Mark Nowak Anne Boyer, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
My bladder felt like an unruly schoolchild waiting for the final bell.
—Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolchild
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This truth is at the heart of Adolescence, Netflix’s new drama by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham—an impeccable, if harrowing, exploration of the trepidatious transition of boyhood to manhood and the ultimate radicalization of a schoolboy.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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When a group of schoolboy cricketers founded the club in 1882, their choice of name was ‘Hotspur FC’.—
Mark Critchley,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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That interaction, Riki said, has become a powerful learning tool and source of motivation for the schoolgirl.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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What To Know In enacting the decree, Oryol has become the first region in the country to offer payment to schoolgirls who become pregnant, according to the Moscow Times.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Stop by readers' favorite The Floyd Country Store in Virginia to experience their Friday Night Jamboree in all its glory.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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But parents of the most avid and successful readers don’t save reading for bedtime.—
Maya Payne Smart, Contributor,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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School of Style The same could perhaps now be said for Zendaya, who arrived at the Los Angeles headquarters of Law Roach’s School of Style–an online styling course that appointed the image architect as its professor in late 2024–to serve as an instructional aid for students.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Just imagine how positive so many of Harvard’s alumni, partners, faculty, and current students must feel due to the position taken by the University.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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After parents were threatened with firings and evictions, 200 pupils withdrew.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Mar. 2025
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Arcus senilis is a term for the discoloration of the cornea, the transparent part of the eye that covers the pupil and iris.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Prince and Princess of Wales continue to remain based in Windsor, living at Adelaide Cottage within Windsor Great Park, and George, Charlotte and Louis are day students at the nearby Lambrook School.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
25 Nov. 2024
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But among day students, Heff was something of an aristocrat.—
Mark Oppenheimer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Schoolchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolchild. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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