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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 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 Ghosts of Iraqi Freedom A few days after my ride across town, on April 7, a rocket fired by militiamen landed in an empty room in a house in my neighborhood, and another killed an eight-year-old schoolboy named Siraj in nearby al-Amiriyah. — Nabil Salih, Time, 26 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

The series, about students at a school in Japan that teaches super-powered teenagers how to become heroes, arrived in the boom era of Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe.

— Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 24 July 2026
Investigators testified that the teenager carried the rifle onto the school bus with the barrel wrapped in a poster board.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 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

However, the show goes over Tamra’s 40 years as a parent and shows images of her kids throughout the years, including a brief glimpse of her daughter Sydney as a youngster.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026
In one of the tournament’s most heartwarming moments, the youngster ran onto the pitch after Spain’s victory, into Lamine’s arms, before proudly helping carry the World Cup trophy.

— Leen Al Saadi, Vogue, 23 July 2026

Definition of youngster

Noun

Based on the book by Elin Hilderbrand, an author whose beach-read oeuvre dominates airport bookstores, the series drops readers immediately into the midst of an ongoing family tragedy.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
At the same time, most readers live in an era of unprecedented access to books.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

Definition of reader

Noun

High-school student Devon Georges was one of the flag-bearers for Saturday’s match and was shocked to get the call to do it from his mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami President and CEO Gale Nelson.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
Rafi says separate arrangements were made for female DIU students to watch late-night kickoffs in Bangladesh, through screenings at their hostels, which is why fewer women are to be seen in the videos that flooded social media.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of student

Noun

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
But for children and adolescents whose bodies and skeletons are still growing, specialized pediatric orthopedic care is critical.

— JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026

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