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schoolboy

noun

Definition of schoolboy

as in schoolchild

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as in teenager

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Recent Examples of schoolboy In this February 1981 photo, a schoolboy gave Diana a daffodil and kissed her hand during her visit to Cheltenham. — Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026 Browne is intellectual, playful, cheeky — the domain of schoolboy dreams and art world fancy. — Dave Schilling contributing follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 In the worst school fire of recent times, 67 schoolboys were killed in 2001 at Kyanguli Secondary School outside Nairobi, an incident the authorities attributed to arson. — CNN Money, 29 May 2026 The accordionist stomped sideways under the stage lights, sweat running down his temples, looking like Angus Young sans schoolboy shorts. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for schoolboy

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Noun

Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026

Definition of schoolchild

Noun

But as is the case for a lot of young talent in the soccer industry, the teenager quickly became a commodity.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Kloie attended Centennial High School in Bakersfield, and the school’s softball team paid tribute to the late teenager on social media.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of teenager

Noun

Though clearly not human, Nanno (Chicha Amatayakul) is just a schoolgirl who wants to have fun.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Among the various aspects of the movie that its English title refers to, not least is the unhinged rampage Lina unleashes at a couple of schoolgirls, a gringa loca on the razor’s edge.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026

Definition of schoolgirl

Noun

He was only getting started, but people could already see the natural ability that the youngster believed would one day take him to the top.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The car turns onto a dark road that, to the youngsters’ growing unease, appears to stretch on forever through an infinite forest.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of youngster

Noun

Privacy-preserving techniques such as differential privacy, federated learning, and on-device modeling let a publisher predict reader behavior without ever assembling an identifiable profile in a central warehouse.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
But Andersen keeps introducing threats, both external and internal, and the reader can’t help but worry.

— John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of reader

Noun

The 34-year-old gave birth there to all three kids, Levi, 5, Elijah, 3, and Rae, who turns 1 in September.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Just as many people can’t afford to have someone else clean their homes, landscape their yards or nanny their kids, those struggling to make ends meet may need to lean on AI assistance.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of kid

Noun

According to the university’s website, residence halls opened for students a week ago, and classes are set to begin on Monday.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Time spent away from home for education is treated as a temporary absence, so living in a dorm or apartment ordinarily does not prevent a student from meeting the requirement to live with a parent for more than half the year.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of student

Noun

One adolescent possibly had contact with the bat, officials said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
YouTube comedian Bo Burnham directs this empathetic portrait of Kayla (Elsie Fisher), an insecure adolescent who posts motivational vlogs on YouTube while privately struggling with her self-image and burgeoning sexuality.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of adolescent

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