schoolchild
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of schoolchild
Example Sentences
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Every schoolchild learns how larger European empires, including Russia, divided up the country among themselves in the 18th and 19th centuries, temporarily erasing it from the map.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Every British schoolchild learns about King Harold, William the Conqueror and 1066.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
Recently James Robinson, a prominent televangelist, compared Trump to a "little elementary schoolchild."
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022
Although he instantly saw this in three-dimensional terms, the nature of his insight is now known to every schoolchild who has ever drawn a graph.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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