: old enough to go to school
school-age children

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People with flexibility to work or not work include early retirees, mothers with school-age children, students and other people working part-time by choice. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 That’s because school-age children are very hypnotizable. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024 For the next generation, there is Sky Up Academy Studios, which gives school-age children a taste of the movie business with an immersive set-up including an XR studio and costumes gathered from movie sets that youngsters can incorporate into film pitches. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024 That usually means 9-11 hours for school-age kids who are not yet teens and 8-10 hours for teens. Beth Ann Malow, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for school-age 

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 21 Dec. 2024.

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