schoolkid

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Recent Examples of schoolkid The mothers of those schoolkids did call CSP, telling them of pistols hidden in bushes and older sons prepping for first kills. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025 Daily, adults and schoolkids take in exhibits about chattel slavery and Jim Crow, Reconstruction and the civil-rights movement, and leave with a deeper understanding of American history in all its darkness and its promise. David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025 What makes the book such a joyful surprise are the unique stories Wolf shares – meeting first lady Eleanor Roosevelt as a schoolkid, his tenure living with future Hollywood icon David Lynch. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 But culturally—in New York, at least—a better comparison might be to the corner pizzeria swiftly doling out slices on paper plates to schoolkids, budget-minded parents, and late-night revellers. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolkid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolkid
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The wreckage was first spotted by a schoolboy in Feb. 2024.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
  • And while the vision of Young, a vigorous 70 in his trademark schoolboy shorts, tie, crew socks and black shoes, is always amusing, there was nothing but serious respect for his finger-blistering playing.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Less than 85% of Wisconsin kindergartners were up-to-date on the measles vaccine for the last school year, compared to about 92.5% of kindergartners nationwide, CDC data shows.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Taking a kiddie train ride were the Cruz siblings of Vernon Hills, Audrey, 6, a rising first-grader and Melanie, 5, a rising kindergartner.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • The extremely funny opening scene, prominently featured in the trailers, has Frank foiling a gritty, Dark Knight–style bank robbery by posing as a tiny little schoolgirl.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 July 2025
  • Cher’s unique spin on the Catholic schoolgirl look and her flair with Calvin Klein and Alaïa remains culturally impactful, with her instantly recognizable yellow plaid suit inspiring Kim Kardashian’s 2023 Halloween costume, among other things.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Marvel's Avengers: Mightiest Friends is the first of its kind for preschoolers.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry estimates that about 1 to 3 percent of children and adolescents have OCD, with early-onset cases sometimes appearing before age 5.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Older adults tend to have fewer moles than children, adolescents, and young adults.172 Family history: Moles tend to run in families.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And just traveling the world with my kids and my wife, and being able to eat and explore different flavors with them, has turned into this.
    Kenneth J. Williams Jr, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • All the fame and money in the world, but what about kids being kids?
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025

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“Schoolkid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolkid. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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