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Recent Examples of schoolgirl Since then, there’s been little doubt about who police believe is responsible for the 12-year-old schoolgirl’s gruesome death. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 As a schoolgirl, Muriel was revered by staff and pupils alike. Frances Wilson september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 The four-part Adolescence follows the aftermath of the murder of a schoolgirl on the family of the child accused of the crime, with each episode shot as one continuous take. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025 In the film’s opening scene, a white schoolgirl recites a list of the materials. Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolgirl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolgirl
Noun
  • The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The multimedia exposure drew the adoration of the era’s teenyboppers, who raced to spend their allowance money on T-shirts, lunch boxes and magazines featuring the face of Bubblegum Bobby, as he was known.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
  • 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.
    Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • Pippi is this young, really strong, nine-year-old kick-ass gal, redefining the roles in a strict little town where people don’t expect a young lass to be living on her own.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The duo joined stars like Brendan Fraser and Anthony Rapp as competitive prep school students in the 1992 drama School Ties.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • 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.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Research suggests that autism is more than three times more common among boys than girls, but many experts believe it is frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed in girls.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Jay Kelly star Adam Sandler brings his favorite girl, wife Jackie Sandler, to the big event.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
  • 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.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Currently, each school district can decide how many hours of a school day students can miss and still be counted as present.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
  • 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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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolgirl. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.

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