: old enough to go to school
school-age children

Examples of school-age in a Sentence

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The next morning, his school-age son came out of the house and wanted to check out the boat. Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026 Vaccination rates are very low among school-age kids. Erika Edwards, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026 Last year, Connecticut doctors diagnosed a 6-year-old with SSPE, and in California, a school-age child who'd had measles as an infant died of it. ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026 Video released by Iranian media shows what appears to be a Tomahawk cruise missile strike near an Iranian school where up to 175 people were reportedly killed, most of them school-age girls. Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for school-age

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school-age was in 1741

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“School-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school-age. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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