schoolchild

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Recent Examples of schoolchild 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 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 See All Example Sentences for schoolchild
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolchild
Noun
  • Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Bangash, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani schoolboy, stopped a suicide bomber from entering his school, where the bomber would have killed two thousand students.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Before boarding the bus, schoolboy Harrison Higgins, who bangs the drum, literally, for Darlo, optimistically predicts a 2-1 away win.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Al-Roj camp, where the 34 Australians have been living, is home to Shamima Begum, the London schoolgirl who ran away at the age of 15 to join ISIS in 2015 and was subsequently stripped of her British citizenship.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • An only child of negligent parents, Mihich identified with the Roald Dahl character Matilda, a precocious schoolgirl who learns to fend for herself against sometimes cruel adults.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • On Facebook, our readers had some creative names as well.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The biggest perk of all for readers inspired by Moore’s charming interiors?
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Those encounters can quickly escalate, posing a danger to students and the public, the Police Department said.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This includes many opposition figures, activists, journalists, students and others detained during protests in 2014, 2017, 2019 and beyond.
    Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • While the weary court composer is buried in the bureaucracy of state music, teaching scores of pupils, serving on endless committees and composing anthems and choral pieces, Mozart is dashing off works of startling originality while acting like a complete goofball.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But raising per pupil spending by $1,000 would cost nearly $6 billion a year, and increasing it to $30,000-plus to match the top tier of states, such as New York, would cost at least $30 billion.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 21 Feb. 2026.

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