as in schoolboy
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Recent Examples of schoolchild
Go to Howe Caverns, the field-trip destination of every upstate New York schoolchild.
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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
Take the first siege of Sevastopol, an event every Russian schoolchild knows about.
—Susan Richards, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolchild
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My own father, a red-headed, freckled schoolboy in rural Illinois in the 1950s—and far from what anyone would call an avid reader—would have to pick a new favorite book.—
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That morning for the first time Yazid wore pants and a white shirt, as the college boys did, and black pointed shoes, all new, the largest size in the little shop where the schoolboys bought their kit, the shoes cruelly laced.—
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The British Vogue cover girl, beloved by David Bailey, Terence Donovan, and Ossie Clark, met George Harrison at 19, when she was cast as a schoolgirl in 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night.—
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Then, her mom heard about auditions for a Disney Channel half-hour sitcom called Hannah Montana, about a brunette schoolgirl by day who dons a blonde wig and becomes a pop princess by night.—
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Bud, the harried father and the parent readers get to know best, tracks the arrival and departure of cargo for Alabaster Harbor, a busy port owned by Paul Alabaster, a mysterious shipping heir and tech billionaire.—
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One of the license-plate-reader cameras near East County Line Road and South Colorado Boulevard in Highlands Ranch alerted Douglas County deputies to a match for the suspect’s vehicle, Weekly said.—
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The duo joined stars like Brendan Fraser and Anthony Rapp as competitive prep school students in the 1992 drama School Ties.—
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The program is for high school students who are not four-year college bound and provides free mentorship and early career exposure along with help building skills.—
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Two female teachers find themselves at the center of a scandal when one of their pupils accuses them of having a love affair.—
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Jeffco Public Schools, which has 74,191 students, expected enrollment to drop by 933 pupils this year, but instead lost 1,530 students — a $5 million hit to the district’s revenues.—
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Currently, each school district can decide how many hours of a school day students can miss and still be counted as present.—
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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.—
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“Schoolchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolchild. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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