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
  • The infamous novel is the story of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island following a deadly plane crash.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Vince was a good schoolboy footballer, represented County Durham and went on trial with Middlesbrough, the club his son would later coach.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Two years later, The Mirror, which follows a schoolgirl navigating Tehran alone, took top festival prizes.
    Madison Darbyshire, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The al-Roj camp also houses 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.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Partway through the story, the reader learns something that upends our understanding of what’s going on.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • For the last six weeks, The Providence Journal has asked readers to weigh in on our bracket competition to find Rhode Island's best pizza.
    Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Mariam explained that she’d been admitted to Bronx Science through a program called Discovery, for students from disadvantaged backgrounds whose test scores fell just below the school’s cutoff line.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The proposal would allow schools that already have student-athlete drug testing programs to also include nicotine in those screenings.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The superintendent also said her district has lost 72 students since December, which has hurt funding that was dependent on the numbers of pupils and meals served.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The national average for a per-pupil allotment of $10,000 on the state level here in Texas is just under $7,000.
    Nathalie Marie Palacios, CBS News, 5 Apr. 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 15 Apr. 2026.

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