school-leaver
noun
a pupil who is about to leave or has recently left school, esp at the minimum school-leaving age
school-leaving
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a word derived from
school-leaver.
Example Sentences
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EMA is a fortnightly payment of £80 to 16 to 18-year-olds who stay on in education after the end of compulsory school-leaving age.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
The 18-year-old began spending time on social media and made contact with Hindu right-wing users after finishing her school-leaving exams last year, a local police official who spoke to her earlier this week told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Jan. 6, 2022
Forty years of authoritarian rule under the regime established by António Salazar in 1933 had suppressed education, weakened institutions and lowered the school-leaving age, in a strategy intended to keep the population docile.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2017
A British mother’s wages fall by 2% for each year she is out of the workforce, and by 4% if she has good school-leaving qualifications.
From Economist ● Oct. 5, 2017
Should the school-leaving age be raised to fifteen, or half-time education be given up to the age of eighteen?
From With Our Soldiers in France by Sherwood Eddy
