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An 11-year-old schoolgirl from Japan has become an international sensation after one of her original songs, composed entirely on an iPad in secret after school, went viral online.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Further research says up to 46 percent of schoolgirls felt their breasts were a barrier to exercise.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Oryol oblast in central Russia has made an amendment to an existing government program and will allow schoolgirls to receive payment for becoming pregnant in an effort to boost the country's birth rate, according to a decree signed by Andrei Klychkov, the governor of the region, on March 20.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Her resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity—surviving a brutal attempt on her life as a schoolgirl simply for wanting an education—taught me the true meaning of courage.
—The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Further research says up to 46 percent of schoolgirls felt their breasts were a barrier to exercise.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Oryol oblast in central Russia has made an amendment to an existing government program and will allow schoolgirls to receive payment for becoming pregnant in an effort to boost the country's birth rate, according to a decree signed by Andrei Klychkov, the governor of the region, on March 20.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Her resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity—surviving a brutal attempt on her life as a schoolgirl simply for wanting an education—taught me the true meaning of courage.
—The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schoolgirl
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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolgirl. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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schoolgirl
noun
school·girl
-ˌgər(-ə)l 
: a girl attending school
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