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as in schoolchild
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as in teenager
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Recent Examples of schoolboy
Day to day, he is treated much like a Victorian schoolboy, subject to petty humiliations and punishments.
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Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
If only my schoolboy self had had the same experience with Dickens.
—Robert Johnston, theweek, 24 Oct. 2024
The initial libel case related to Robinson making false accusations against a Syrian schoolboy who was attacked in an incident shared widely on social media.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
The film, which wrapped production in Winnipeg this week, follows the writer from his schoolboy days in Charleville to his final years in Africa.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
If only my schoolboy self had had the same experience with Dickens.
—Robert Johnston, theweek, 24 Oct. 2024
The initial libel case related to Robinson making false accusations against a Syrian schoolboy who was attacked in an incident shared widely on social media.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
The film, which wrapped production in Winnipeg this week, follows the writer from his schoolboy days in Charleville to his final years in Africa.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolboy
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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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Rioux was the Guinness World Record holder for tallest teenager, standing at 7 feet, 5 inches as a 15-year-old.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Finding housing for a couch-surfing teenager is different than finding housing for a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder.Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
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Other finds served as messages from the past, connecting 17th-century schoolgirls to modern archaeologists, who uncovered the students’ decorative paper cuttings beneath the floorboards of their former London boarding school.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Her navy polo, gaucho shorts, and makeup-free face evoked an innocent schoolgirl.Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Ty Emberson — 70 Much of Emberson’s grade comes from stellar PK work by the youngster.Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The youngster would approach from below, submerged, then pop up and try to catch them by surprise.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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Thank you, Dan, for enlightening readers with your bird’s eye views of Maryland whether the view was from a nearby Baltimore stoop or the more distant wild and scenic Youghiogheny River in Western Maryland.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025
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Desiree is exploring Charlotte and the Carolinas, and is looking forward to taking readers along for the ride.Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
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Most afternoons, the pool was alive with our big family, actually a pair of merged families, and, as time passed and our kids went into their high-school years, swarms of visitors.John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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My family walked with Krewe of Confetti Kids on Saturday for its annual kids parade in Algiers Point.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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The system relies heavily on students’ performance on the annual STAAR test, or the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
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Schools like Ohio Wesleyan University are investing significant resources into the career development of their students, in many cases doubling the number of advisors available to support students in their job search.Sergei Revzin and Vadim Revzin, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The report found that 50 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned female at birth and 25 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned male at birth received hormones.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Adding fluoride to community drinking water is credited with reducing the average number of teeth with cavities by 44% in adults and 58% in adolescents since the 1960s, the health service says.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Schoolboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolboy. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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