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schoolchild

noun

Definition of schoolchild

as in schoolboy

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Recent Examples of schoolchild In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild. — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for schoolchild

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And why is Owen Wilson grinning like an awkward schoolboy at Zeus’s naked daughters?

— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of schoolboy

Noun

Doing so will help demonstrate your research, credit the sources of your information and ideas, and allow your readers to find and evaluate those sources.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 6 Nov. 2026
Audiobooks can enhance reading for readers who prefer to enjoy a book in that format.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of reader

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Like its bigger siblings, the ELF-MN1 pairs an LCD with a micro-optical lens layer and a high-speed sensor that tracks your pupils.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
Bishopp has also called for a moratorium on new for-profit charter schools, free meals for all public school students and increased per-pupil spending and funding for special needs programs.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 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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