schoolkid

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Recent Examples of schoolkid 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 But to a Catholic schoolkid accustomed to seeing priests as untouchable vessels of piety — so naïve, right? David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 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
  • Tempest, grateful for his schoolboy French, paused to talk to her.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
  • The four-part series followed a 13-year-old schoolboy named Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) who was arrested after a girl in his school was murdered.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Moore’s rising fifth grader and her son, a rising kindergartner, are on the wait list at Queen’s Grant Community School.
    Abby Pender, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
  • According to an obituary, the kindergartner had two siblings and had a love for some of life’s simplest and purest joys.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • That definitely includes Iris Manter, who stars as Matilda Wormwood, the English schoolgirl with telekinetic powers from Roald Dahl’s 1988 children’s novel.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • Silent Hill f will follow Shimizu Hinako, a schoolgirl from the fictional regional Japanese town of Ebisugaoka, as her town is consumed by the series' signature fog.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Some read with preschoolers at Dixie Manor, a public housing complex.
    Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2025
  • Denver’s drop-in center will have two classrooms — one for babies and toddlers and one for preschoolers — and a separate play area.
    Ann Schimke, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The World Health Organization says that 81 percent of adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, noting that rates of sedentary behavior in young people tend to rise as their country develops economically.
    Henry Abbott, The Atlantic, 12 July 2025
  • Another study said that the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate for adolescents and young adults increased to 66.3 percent between 2016 and 2022 — a number that jumped by 17 percent per month in 2020 alone.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
  • The podcast tells a great story that will engage all ages—but especially kids interested in outer space (and what kid isn’t?).
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025

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“Schoolkid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolkid. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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