: old enough to go to school
school-age children

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That still leaves them with three children of school-age to contend with, of course. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025 One school-age child who was not vaccinated died in February. Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025 Even then, after decades of robotics research, the robot did a worse job than some school-age children. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025 Current estimates show between 2 percent and 5 percent of school-age children in the U.S. have a peanut allergy, while food allergies among children have been shown to increase for decades. Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for school-age

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

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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 15 Apr. 2025.

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