: old enough to go to school
school-age children

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Last year’s largest outbreak, centered on West Texas, killed two school-age children, both of whom were unvaccinated. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026 The education industry as a whole is contending with the dwindling population of school-age kids due to the drop in birth rate, and a rise in competition as school choice policies open the door to more options for families. Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026 Vett was identified by the Marin Independent Journal as a mother of two elementary-school-age children in Marin County. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 That means a large number of school-age children skipped their vaccinations in the same year that the measles outbreak in West Texas claimed the lives of two children who were not vaccinated against the disease. Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for school-age

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

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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 28 Feb. 2026.

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