How to Use schoolkid in a Sentence
schoolkid
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And 170 schoolkids get to come in for rehearsal and get to work with Steve.
—Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 21 June 2017
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At the state park, a group of schoolkids, parents and teachers have a picnic.
—Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 31 Dec. 2018
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The students who were in the Thurston cafeteria 20 years ago are in their mid- to late-30s now and many of them no doubt have schoolkids of their own.
—Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 20 May 2018
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End of carousel There are the local schoolkids who want to be MrBeast, or at least appear in his videos.
—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
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That’s changed, and Beck hopes his efforts to introduce schoolkids, scout troops and civic clubs to the state’s sole rattler species have helped.
—Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017
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Think of all those biopics with babies and schoolkids who only a few scenes later have grown up to become . .
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2018
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Backed by the Ministry of Sport in El Salvador, he was joined by a group of 1,000 people made up of schoolkids and local athletes.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 9 Dec. 2019
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One hundred and seventy-four is a lot of schoolkids for a village of 411 people.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2018
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That was a decade ago, and now a whole generation of schoolkids has grown up in a world where Pluto is not a planet.
—Alex Wong, National Geographic, 23 Aug. 2016
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That seems to work for the ski clubs and hordes of schoolkids from Evergreen who descend almost every weeknight.
—Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2017
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The Chicago schoolkids who make up Mariachi Herencia de Mexico had a hell of a summer in 2017.
—Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 23 May 2018
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Does it make more of a difference if elders lead schoolkids on tundra walks or take them ice fishing?
—Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 June 2017
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Alex is a normal and slightly dorky lower-middle class British schoolkid, living with his mom (Denise Gough).
—Lindsey Bahr, The Seattle Times, 23 Jan. 2019
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Some of the people who have sacrificed the most during the pandemic are schoolkids and college students.
—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 May 2021
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The lyrics were sly and funny but could also detour, like a fidgety schoolkid sitting by the window, into daydreams.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
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Throughout our conversation, Cardi has been jiggling her leg up and down like a schoolkid.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Feb. 2019
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Congress temporarily made school meals free to all American schoolkids, but since that ended last fall, the need has only seemed to grow.
—Cheyanne Mumphrey and Arleigh Rodgers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
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While not completely noise-cancelling, these do block about 83 percent of ambient noise, which is pretty ideal for a schoolkid.
—Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023
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His family home now has an oversized homemade silver medal hanging by the door, and schoolkids gathered at an ice palace for a watch party during the team relay.
—Tim Reynolds, chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2018
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One study counted schoolkids housing their lunches in under 10 minutes.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2019
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Dents said the image was supposed to imply a schoolkid dreaming of possibilities.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 31 Aug. 2020
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Like a schoolkid playing an imaginary opponent in his front driveway.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2021
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When the snow melts, these STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) schoolkids will construct their outdoor classroom in the park.
—Beth Nordlund, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
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Inside the museum, the royals met local schoolkids and viewed exhibits on Kenyan history and the timeline to the country's independence.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
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But instead of mingling with the president, players and coaches met with local schoolkids in an intimate outing closed to media.
—Anna Orso, Philly.com, 5 June 2018
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House lawmakers streamed down the steps of the Capitol building Thursday morning like schoolkids who just completed final exams, except their work was nowhere near done.
—Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
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This is part of every schoolkid’s learning in social studies, but financial historians don’t think the evidence is very strong for that.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 Oct. 2019
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Linebacker Jabaal Sheard, who knelt in Week 3 and recently started a non-profit geared toward helping inner-city schoolkids, is putting actions behind his words.
—Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 12 Oct. 2017
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The little guy was harvested by Rubio and secured in a plastic sandwich bag—until the astronaut lost the tomato after showing it off to some schoolkids during an event.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
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It’s the rare San Francisco public schoolkid, parent or teacher who thought our emergency experiment with distance learning in the spring went well.
—Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2020
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