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schoolchild

noun

Definition of schoolchild

as in schoolboy

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Recent Examples of schoolchild Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity. — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024 Every Japanese schoolchild knows the real historical character and the peaceful era that followed. — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024 Every Texas schoolchild deserves the best education possible. — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024 Go to Howe Caverns, the field-trip destination of every upstate New York schoolchild. — Curbed Staff, Curbed, 22 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for schoolchild

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Noun

One picture shows a schoolboy Rogers at the Hawks’ annual presentation evening, wearing a tie in their red and blue colours.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
With the sprightly energy of a schoolboy, Jean-Paul Doron bounds into an empty creek, his red suede shoes scraping pale rocks.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of schoolboy

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

Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
The anecdote is dramatic, the science is real but incomplete, and the practice is moving from fringe biohacking toward a supervised clinical tool, with major caveats readers should understand before trying anything similar.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of reader

Noun

Bye Aerospace also designed the aircraft around safety and repeatable handling for student pilots.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
The Office of Student Assistance and Support and University Health Services are providing student support as needed, the university said.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of student

Noun

In June, The Times of London reported that private schools throughout the UK have lost 30,000 pupils since January 2025, and about 100 independent schools have closed entirely.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Meloni did not specify the exact cap but said the government would also require mandatory Italian-language lessons for parents of foreign pupils who struggle to integrate.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of pupil

Noun

Of the high school students, 161 are boarders, 23 are day students.

— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025
Prince George, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, began at Lambrook when their family moved from London to Windsor in 2022, enrolling as day students at the private school in Berkshire.

— Janine Henni, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Definition of day student

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