schoolwork

as in homework
work that is done in classes in a school or given to students to be done at home finished her schoolwork before recess

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Recent Examples of schoolwork There are the younger boys who come in one day a week and bring schoolwork, plus the small number of players from outside the region who attend a nearby school and are given additional education. George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 And 11% say that social media use has negatively affected their schoolwork. NPR, 13 Oct. 2025 Demand may be hard to gauge ahead of time, but the more OpenAI customizes ChatGPT for tasks like shopping and schoolwork, the more people could use it for those activities. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 Born in a small village in 1909, or perhaps 1912, the son of a goldsmith and his senior wife, Nkrumah was quiet but charismatic—good at schoolwork, even better at persuading people to believe in him. Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolwork
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homework
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  • The program comes with security guards, a large turf field and two bungalows that have space for meal preparation, homework and case manager meetings.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Do your homework on the aircraft before boarding.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Schoolwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolwork. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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