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schoolchildren

  • plural
    of schoolchild.
    schoolchild
    noun
    a child attending school.

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One year before the nation would collapse in the Great Depression, the world’s first billionaire gave out dimes to schoolchildren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

A bipartisan duo of U.S. senators is seeking answers from Google following a Wall Street Journal investigation into the impact of the tech giant’s AI tools on schoolchildren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

On its website, it says it welcomes "above all" veterans of the Ukraine war and their families, as well as students and schoolchildren.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

He said the young offenders were "not simply naughty schoolchildren".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

When I was young, American schoolchildren were taught that North America had originally been occupied by only about one million Indians.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond