1
as in schoolchild
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as in teenager
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Recent Examples of schoolboy
In Britain, Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who was jailed for 18 months in October for repeating a libelous claim about a Syrian refugee schoolboy attacking girls.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Recommended reading Morgan Gibbs-White – the mischievous schoolboy who became a ‘special’ footballer
Marcus Rashford at Manchester United.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
At Exeter City, he was rejected once before belatedly signing schoolboy forms.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Recommended reading Morgan Gibbs-White – the mischievous schoolboy who became a ‘special’ footballer
Marcus Rashford at Manchester United.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
At Exeter City, he was rejected once before belatedly signing schoolboy forms.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolboy
Noun
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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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Saint Patrick was actually British, captured by Irish pirates and enslaved as a teenager to work as a shepherd.—
Maureen Murphy,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2025
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As a teenager, Clementine began taking a more serious interest in fashion and had the opportunity to watch her mother make her return to the Versace runway in Milan Fashion Week in September 2023.—
Jackie Tempera,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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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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In another example of Tisch’s argument, a man wanted for several crimes against women, including allegedly groping three schoolgirls, was busted in Queens recently when police first approached him for taking up more than one subway seat.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But his injury is a tough blow to a team that hoped to use the final month of the season to continue developing its youngsters.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The bottom line: LLMs are like youngsters who have read a lot but do not have experience of the world.—
Scott Rosenberg,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa came in as our readers’ favorite resort, and The Inn on Biltmore Estate followed closely behind as their second favorite resort in the South.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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Feinstein was known for taking readers to places most fans have no access to — like locker rooms, coaches’ offices, team planes and bus rides.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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Research shows that parents lose sleep for a surprising number of years after their children are born and kids notoriously struggle with everything from bedtime routines to nightmares.—
Lia Miller,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2025
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Over the years, Hudson has not been shy about family life, documenting many memories with her kids on social media.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Rather, the administration’s rationale is that the protests that Mr. Khalil played a key part in were antisemitic and created a hostile environment for Jewish students at Columbia, the people with knowledge of the matter said.—
Minho Kim,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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At Hoover, students are still allowed to keep their phones, but they must be put away in backpacks.—
Linh Ta,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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Older children, adolescents and adults should get at least one shot of the MMR vaccine, with two doses separated by at least 28 days, the CDC says.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Beyond women’s rugby, this applies to any program aimed at supporting, without judgment, all female athletes, all LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults, all body types, and all those ready to better our world.—
Paige Perricone,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Schoolboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolboy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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