schoolboys

noun

Definition of schoolboysnext
plural of schoolboy
1
as in schoolchildren

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2
as in youngsters

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  1. youngsters
  2. teenagers
  3. students
  4. readers
  5. juveniles
  6. boys
Noun
  • Atlanta’s probable pitchers for next season include veteran lefty Chris Sale, coming off an 18-win season that produced his first Cy Young Award; fellow veteran Reynaldo Lopez, who made a successful conversion from reliever to starter; and youngsters Spencer Schwellenbach and Strider.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Tickets, for specific nights only, are $20, $10 for youngsters ages 4-12, free for kids 3 and younger.
    Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of youngsters
Noun
  • In 2001, three teenagers from the outskirts of Buenos Aires all fall in love with Diego.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • What’s on teenagers’ minds, planning for your future electricity needs and the uproar over birthright citizenship.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of teenagers
Noun
  • The site is now open to anyone, following a beta phase on Linkedin, and its launch a few weeks ago at Stanford University where Katz says hundreds of students and faculty have signed on.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • So went early Tuesday morning for nearly 3,000 students, faculty members and staff members at Pepperdine University, a Christian school in Malibu known for its bucolic setting of rolling hills and ocean views.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of students
Noun
  • Certain stories are such a bolt from the blue, or transform in such unexpected ways, that their readers should aim to approach them with no information about what’s to come.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of readers
Noun
  • The initial complaint was brought forward by the mother of one of the involved juveniles, who provided videos of the incident, police said.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In addition, a expanding market for juveniles of large shark species is emerging, raising alarm about the future of shark populations globally.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of juveniles
Noun
  • Mangione was the class valedictorian in 2016 at Gilman School, a private all-boys school in Baltimore, according to the Baltimore Sun.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Mangione attended the prestigious, all-boys K-12 Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated in 2016 as the valedictorian.
    Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of boys
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