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schoolmate

noun

Definition of schoolmate

as in classmate

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Recent Examples of schoolmate In 2025, schoolmates and teachers encouraged Vu to audition for Cal State Fullerton’s quartet festival master class, open to three girls and three boys. — Theresa Walker, Oc Register, 14 May 2026 While the Rutgers sophomore Park is a native of Northern New Jersey and can easily come and go to campus from home, many of his schoolmates are from other corners of America. — Griffin Eckstein, NBC news, 8 May 2026 He was loaded with schoolmates into a truck once used to haul chickens and left in the summer heat before spending three nights in an overcrowded jail cell without a bed. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026 Diana’s prep schoolmate Delissa Needham will appear in the series, speaking on camera for the first time, plus hairdresser Sam McKnight, astrologer Penny Thornton and confidante Daily Mail journalist Richard Kay. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for schoolmate

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Noun

At least three students were killed and about 20 others injured in an attack at a public high school in Tacloban, where two classmates opened fire on campus.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
One of my favorite moments comes when an excited classmate emerges from the library holding a new book of feminist literary theory.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of classmate

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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
With the sprightly energy of a schoolboy, Jean-Paul Doron bounds into an empty creek, his red suede shoes scraping pale rocks.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of schoolboy

Noun

Though clearly not human, Nanno (Chicha Amatayakul) is just a schoolgirl who wants to have fun.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Among the various aspects of the movie that its English title refers to, not least is the unhinged rampage Lina unleashes at a couple of schoolgirls, a gringa loca on the razor’s edge.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026

Definition of schoolgirl

Noun

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

Definition of schoolchild

Noun

On this spring day, international peacekeeping forces have just departed the city and Ari’s roommate Gloria takes her to Kareem’s party to celebrate the end of the citywide curfew.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Using sweatshirts to cover their faces, Kapoor and her roommate walked to dorms located in the Union Square area, where friends took them in.

— Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of roommate

Noun

Basically every college tour on an American campus will include a schtick about how undergraduates can participate in faculty research.

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
In a bid to pack the Rose Bowl and Pauley Pavilion, tickets to all UCLA home football and men’s and women’s basketball games will be free for undergraduate, graduate and extension students going forward, UCLA athletics announced Wednesday.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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