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schoolgirls

  • plural
    of schoolgirl.
    schoolgirl
    noun
    a girl attending school.

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For example, the BBC was told the schoolgirls recently abducted from Maga were Muslim.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

After 24 schoolgirls were released from Kebbi, state governor Nasir Idris, said the release was secured through "non-kinetic" efforts -- such as diplomacy.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

While the 25 schoolgirls from Kebbi and 50 students from Papiri have been released, dozens of people remain missing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

Families of the schoolgirls recently told the BBC they felt they still had no answers for what happened.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025

Ripping: what did it mean?—God knows, I did not care; it was the sort of word that schoolgirls had for hockey, wildly inappropriate to those past weeks of misery and exultation.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier