: old enough to go to school
school-age children

Examples of school-age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Still, labor force participation among women ages 25-54 has continued to rise, with larger shares of moms of both preschool and school-age children working now than at any time in history. Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 14 May 2024 Mire, like possibly millions of parents across the U.S., received flawed information about her daughter and her two other school-age children. Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024 Around the time of the Paper shoot, Prince, who became rich and famous appropriating other people’s images (Marlboro ads, pulp-novel covers, a skeevy nude portrait of an underage Brooke Shields), had been introduced to Instagram by one of his school-age children. Choire Sicha, Vulture, 24 May 2024 The bill allows a staff member in charge of an infant and toddler room to be at least 18 years old, rather than 21, and allows 16 and 17-year-olds to be counted in those staff ratios for school-age children, provided the teens are never alone with children. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for school-age 

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Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school-age was in 1741

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“School-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school-age. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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