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Recent Examples of schoolkid
Giving Back: Sphero works with the STEM Education Coalition to teach coding to local schoolkids.
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Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
More than 146,000 schoolkids slept in shelters or in the overcrowded homes of friends and extended family, an annual count from Advocates for Children of New York shows.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
Our sleep needs change over the course of our lifetimes—from 17 hours a day as a newborn, to up to 12 hours as a schoolkid, to the seven- to nine-hour benchmark for adults.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, the nonprofit Trust for Public Land has worked with schoolkids to renovate playgrounds into inviting community parks in areas with less access to outdoor space.
—Anna North, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
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Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
More than 146,000 schoolkids slept in shelters or in the overcrowded homes of friends and extended family, an annual count from Advocates for Children of New York shows.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
Our sleep needs change over the course of our lifetimes—from 17 hours a day as a newborn, to up to 12 hours as a schoolkid, to the seven- to nine-hour benchmark for adults.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, the nonprofit Trust for Public Land has worked with schoolkids to renovate playgrounds into inviting community parks in areas with less access to outdoor space.
—Anna North, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolkid
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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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This truth is at the heart of Adolescence, Netflix’s new drama by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham—an impeccable, if harrowing, exploration of the trepidatious transition of boyhood to manhood and the ultimate radicalization of a schoolboy.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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When a group of schoolboy cricketers founded the club in 1882, their choice of name was ‘Hotspur FC’.—
Mark Critchley,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The distinction was by a wide margin — 14.3% of Idaho’s kindergartners had at least one exemption, and the next closest state was Alaska, with 9.5%.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the 2023-24 school year, about 88% of Florida kindergartners had the mandatory vaccinations required to attend school, down from the previous year, when nearly 91% of kindergartners were vaccinated, federal data shows.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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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
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The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Just like the parents of millions of toddlers and preschoolers, Ms. Rachel is a part of actor Robert De Niro's life.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2025
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Nearly 1 in 4 children and adolescents experience these disorders, Fletcher added.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2025
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From 2017 to 2020, the prevalence of obesity among U.S. children and adolescents was 19.7%, with 14.7 million children aged 2–19 years having obesity, according to the CDC.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The nonprofit provides underprivileged kids with a custom birthday cake free of charge.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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However, Goldstein’s distribution team strategically positioned the movie to open ahead of spring break, when plenty of kids have time off from school.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Schoolkid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolkid. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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