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Recent Examples of schoolkid
Many American schoolkids can recite the misadventures of scofflaws such as Jesse James, but Moses’s story got forgotten — at least until Roberts went digging.
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Drew Goins, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
Through the snores of travelers inches from my face and the antics of schoolkids ignoring their chaperones.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
An undercover reporter for the BBC met dealers making thousands of pounds a day selling drugs to schoolkids on socials.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
In a theater stuffed with schoolkids, all was calm until movie actors — probing through this Arctic habitat — warily opened a door.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for schoolkid 
Drew Goins, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
Through the snores of travelers inches from my face and the antics of schoolkids ignoring their chaperones.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
An undercover reporter for the BBC met dealers making thousands of pounds a day selling drugs to schoolkids on socials.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
In a theater stuffed with schoolkids, all was calm until movie actors — probing through this Arctic habitat — warily opened a door.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for schoolkid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolkid
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In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2024
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Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.—
Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
24 June 2024
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In September last year, a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy was killed in a second knife attack near another Japanese school in the southern city of Shenzhen.—
Chris Lau,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The air kiss and Trump's schoolboy grin show a glimpse of the sparks still there.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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In the Fort Worth school district, the county’s largest, the number of kindergartners who are up-to-date with the MMR vaccine has dropped from 96% of students in the 2019-20 school year to 84% in 2023-24.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2025
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The share of kindergartners with vaccine exemptions increased in 40 states plus Washington, D.C., during the 2023-24 school year, per the CDC.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A Queens subway rider busted for sprawling across more than one seat was then linked to several recent frightening crimes against women, including groping three schoolgirls, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Based on a novel by Joan Lindsey, the film is about a group of schoolgirls who, on Valentine’s Day in 1900, go to a remote scenic outcropping to spend the day.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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Key Takeaway Sleeping through the night may be challenging for some babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.—
Heather Gowen Walsh,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2025
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The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome. —1945: The Year the War Ended, 1 p.m. March 1.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2025
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Thirty-six percent of adolescents were overweight in 2022, according to data from the California Health Interview Survey at UCLA.—
Teri Sforza,
Orange County Register,
12 Feb. 2025
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The study did not look at surgeries among transgender adolescents.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Scammers — with access to kids’ names and school information — are tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT and ACT prep materials.—
Jan Diaz,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Apolinario, meanwhile, has seen strong interest in another type of sitter—not for kids, but for dogs.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Schoolkid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolkid. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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