as in schoolboy
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Recent Examples of schoolchild
Go to Howe Caverns, the field-trip destination of every upstate New York schoolchild.
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Curbed Staff, Curbed, 22 Dec. 2023
The schoolchild innocence of the alphabet is juxtaposed with the violence and instability of the historical moment.
—Mark Nowak Anne Boyer, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
My bladder felt like an unruly schoolchild waiting for the final bell.
—Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Take the first siege of Sevastopol, an event every Russian schoolchild knows about.
—Susan Richards, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2014
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Curbed Staff, Curbed, 22 Dec. 2023
The schoolchild innocence of the alphabet is juxtaposed with the violence and instability of the historical moment.
—Mark Nowak Anne Boyer, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
My bladder felt like an unruly schoolchild waiting for the final bell.
—Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Take the first siege of Sevastopol, an event every Russian schoolchild knows about.
—Susan Richards, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolchild
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My own father, a red-headed, freckled schoolboy in rural Illinois in the 1950s—and far from what anyone would call an avid reader—would have to pick a new favorite book.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
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That morning for the first time Yazid wore pants and a white shirt, as the college boys did, and black pointed shoes, all new, the largest size in the little shop where the schoolboys bought their kit, the shoes cruelly laced.—
Daniyal Mueenuddin,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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The British Vogue cover girl, beloved by David Bailey, Terence Donovan, and Ossie Clark, met George Harrison at 19, when she was cast as a schoolgirl in 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
19 Dec. 2025
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Then, her mom heard about auditions for a Disney Channel half-hour sitcom called Hannah Montana, about a brunette schoolgirl by day who dons a blonde wig and becomes a pop princess by night.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Dec. 2025
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News outlets scrambled to ingest the clips and make sense of them for viewers and readers.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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Release details for the Comme des Garçons Homme Plus x Air Jordan 11 Retro were not immediately available, but given its inclusion in the fall ’26 lineup, readers can likely expect a launch around the holiday season.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
24 Jan. 2026
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That idea carried beyond the classroom when students petitioned City Hall to make South Miami the nation’s first Compassionate City.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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In a unique marketing strategy, the studio printed four different postcards — each showing one of the core stars in the first looks at the characters — that were dispersed throughout the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts for students to find.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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The art market, in whiplash fashion, experienced pupil-dilating highs just after the pandemic, a lethargic two-year slump, then a sudden multi-billion-dollar rebound in the fall.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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So last year, the students helped out at Central Middle School setting up Chromebooks for pupils and also at Mercy Circle retirement community.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Currently, each school district can decide how many hours of a school day students can miss and still be counted as present.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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The Prince and Princess of Wales continue to remain based in Windsor, living at Adelaide Cottage within Windsor Great Park, and George, Charlotte and Louis are day students at the nearby Lambrook School.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
25 Nov. 2024
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“Schoolchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolchild. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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