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: old enough to go to school
school-age children

Examples of school-age in a Sentence

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My suitcase was a laundry basket full of clothes and books, and resting atop the jumbled pile was a candle my high-school-age sister had given me. Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025 Those with school-age kids may need childcare once school is out. Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 20 Nov. 2025 The study would include looking at school district boundaries, existing school district facilities, staffing levels and salary scales, the population of school-age children in each district, as well as revenue limits and current overall spending, the bill's text said. Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025 A number of new families joined, the club began hosting Sunday cookouts, and Daniel Haimovic, SC Hospitality’s chairman, started spending a lot of the summer there with his family, including his two elementary-school-age kids, who played tennis, padel, pickleball, and basketball at the club. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2025 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 2 Dec. 2025.

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