schoolgirl

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Recent Examples of schoolgirl 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 That’s because Henderson was 37 years old, auditioning to play a 14-year-old schoolgirl. Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025 This season, fluorescent pink, blue and white formed a rational yet romantic palette — a vision of a young schoolgirl poised to step into the real world. Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 Since then, there’s been little doubt about who police believe is responsible for the 12-year-old schoolgirl’s gruesome death. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolgirl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolgirl
Noun
  • At the time, Jackson was pop’s fastest-rising star, having bridged the teenybopper mania of the Jackson 5 with mature disco-soul hits on his 1979 solo breakthrough, Off the Wall.
    Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
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
  • Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Pippi is this young, really strong, nine-year-old kick-ass gal, redefining the roles in a strict little town where people don’t expect a young lass to be living on her own.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The reversal follows an announcement from the archdiocese last week accusing CPS of ending services for Catholic school students under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, just two months before the last day of school.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The school's annual trade show at the Javitz Center is coming up in April, which students work toward all year.
    Chris Wragge, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Another girl, Donna Jo, apparently naked on a back-yard lawn, holds several small, round pieces of fruit, still on their leafy branch, clasped to her chest like a trophy.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • One was a girls' madrassa, or religious school.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Apr. 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
  • 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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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolgirl. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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