schoolkid

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Recent Examples of schoolkid An undercover reporter for the BBC met dealers making thousands of pounds a day selling drugs to schoolkids on socials. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024 In a theater stuffed with schoolkids, all was calm until movie actors — probing through this Arctic habitat — warily opened a door. Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024 Or the frustrated United Airlines captain who wanted to divert his flight because of unruly schoolkids in the back of the plane? Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 For schoolkids, particularly adolescents, being clean can mean the difference between being bullied or not. David Frese, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for schoolkid 
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Denzel didn’t just laugh at every joke; the sound coming from his mouth was more like a schoolboy’s giggle.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Day to day, he is treated much like a Victorian schoolboy, subject to petty humiliations and punishments.
    Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
Noun
  • The share of kindergartners with vaccine exemptions increased across most of the nation during the 2023-2024 school year — and Arizona had one of the highest exemption rates, per new CDC data.
    Jessica Boehm, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Those of us who were kids in the 90s and ‘00s likely remember the beloved children’s book character Junie B. Jones — now, the famous kindergartner is coming to a whole new generation!
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • She was inspired by a character of the same name, a schoolgirl with pigtails, who appeared on the covers of Korean textbooks in the ’70s and ’80s.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Harris enlisted actress Molly Shannon, who revived her beloved Saturday Night Live character, Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Please, please sleep—This one offers bedtime stories for toddlers and preschoolers.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Peppa Pig Cruise Ship Multilevel Playset Peppa Pig is still delighting preschoolers and their tired parents.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • DTaP is for children under age 7, while Tdap is for adolescents and adults.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Social media can harm kids’ mental health There is a large body of research linking social media use to negative mental health effects on kids and adolescents.
    Alison Escalante, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This will only tide your kids over for a few short bursts.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
  • While experts continue to debate which therapies are most effective and appropriate for these kids, ABA is one of the most widely recommended.
    Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024

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“Schoolkid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolkid. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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