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schoolmate

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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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Brock Wisne, for example, graduated with his classmates from the University of Northern Colorado in May and signed with a Spanish professional basketball team over the summer.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Elliott Cribby, the pitching coach who gave Skubal a scholarship to Seattle University, was a groomsman in Cole’s wedding and a grad-school classmate.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of classmate

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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
Khaite and Dior turn tailored trousers into schoolboy bermudas while Maria McManus and Isabel Marant make pedal-pushing leggings look cooler than ever.

— Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 10 July 2026

Definition of schoolboy

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Engdahl, along with his teammate Brayden Rogers from Huntsville, Alabama, were killed.

— Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
During a joint practice last summer in Houston, Moehrig decked Texans wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson on a hard but clean hit that angered a few of Hutchinson’s teammates.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of teammate

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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

Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
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

Definition of schoolchild

Noun

The filing also defends a witness-tampering charge involving Robinson's roommate and an allegation that Robinson committed a violent offense in the presence of a child.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Her roommate, 83-year-old Valerie Yockey, is her grandmother.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of roommate

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The survey polled 1,000 parents of undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 24, as well as 1,000 undergraduate students, in April and May.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
Students are borrowing less because of longstanding caps on federal student loans for undergraduates, limits that haven't risen in many years.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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