schoolwork

[ skool-wurk ]

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noun

the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.

Origin of schoolwork

First recorded in 1855–60; school¹ + work

Words Nearby schoolwork

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How to use schoolwork in a sentence

Teenagers spend an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes online—and that amount doesn’t include time spent using a device for schoolwork.
How your daily screen time affects your wellbeing | Claire Maldarelli | January 12, 2021 | Popular-Science
That leaves them with about $200 a month for groceries, utilities and a $50 internet bill — a necessity for her daughter’s schoolwork.
‘We are struggling’: Unemployed Americans face a bleak Christmas | Lee Clifford | December 24, 2020 | Fortune
A 15-year-old from suburban Detroit, Grace was sent to detention for violating her probation on earlier charges of theft and assault by failing to do her online schoolwork.
Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School | by Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib | December 22, 2020 | ProPublica
I don’t have the stress of getting her online while at work anymore, but I still have to do schoolwork with her when she gets home.
The covid-era workplace: Hard questions, no easy answers | Karla Miller | December 17, 2020 | Washington Post
It’s becoming apparent that every student needs this to complete schoolwork now.
Why the “homework gap” is key to America’s digital divide | Tanya Basu | October 13, 2020 | MIT Technology Review

In general, students are extremely careful when it comes to schoolwork because we know the consequences.
How UVA Is Failing Its Women | Allison McNearney | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She made her father sit down in a chair and look at her schoolwork.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But as serious as he was about his schoolwork, Bryant remained an unfailingly fun guy.
Alphonza Bryant, the Slain Bronx Teen Who Did Everything Right | Michael Daly | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The two gals are similar, however, when it comes to balancing acting and schoolwork.
Elle Fanning on ‘Ginger & Rosa,’ Her Fashion Sense, Crush on Ryan Gosling, and More | Marlow Stern | March 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Johnson says she used her pain to dig deeper into her schoolwork and into her dual majors of chemistry and psychology.
Star Life Coach AJ Johnson’s Holiday Health Secrets | Allison Samuels | December 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
schoolwork was as interesting, class rivalry as absorbing, as of yore.
Anne Of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery
Japanese students spend more time on schoolwork (the same 2-to-1 ratio), but much less on entertainment.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
At first sight there does not seem to be much schoolwork going on.
The Little Schoolmaster Mark | J. H. Shorthouse
He himself had made no practical progress in schoolwork—he knew that.
The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser

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