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Recent Examples of schoolgirl
That’s because Henderson was 37 years old, auditioning to play a 14-year-old schoolgirl.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
This season, fluorescent pink, blue and white formed a rational yet romantic palette — a vision of a young schoolgirl poised to step into the real world.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Since then, there’s been little doubt about who police believe is responsible for the 12-year-old schoolgirl’s gruesome death.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
As a schoolgirl, Muriel was revered by staff and pupils alike.
—Frances Wilson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
This season, fluorescent pink, blue and white formed a rational yet romantic palette — a vision of a young schoolgirl poised to step into the real world.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Since then, there’s been little doubt about who police believe is responsible for the 12-year-old schoolgirl’s gruesome death.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
As a schoolgirl, Muriel was revered by staff and pupils alike.
—Frances Wilson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolgirl
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At the time, Jackson was pop’s fastest-rising star, having bridged the teenybopper mania of the Jackson 5 with mature disco-soul hits on his 1979 solo breakthrough, Off the Wall.—
Greg Poole,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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The infamous novel is the story of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island following a deadly plane crash.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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Vince was a good schoolboy footballer, represented County Durham and went on trial with Middlesbrough, the club his son would later coach.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2024
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Pippi is this young, really strong, nine-year-old kick-ass gal, redefining the roles in a strict little town where people don’t expect a young lass to be living on her own.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Dec. 2025
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Another effort will be going into local schools to make sure students understand that a simple mistake can be the start of something tragic for everyone in the mountain communities.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Spring Break Gala serves as the nonprofit’s signature fundraiser, supporting students, schools and AmeriCorps members across Los Angeles.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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His administration charges into the same cultural battles Moms for Liberty staked its name on, including a push to keep transgender athletes out of girls' sports.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Wakeland specifically and the Frisco ISD schools generally have been an albatross for the Mustangs over the years, despite the success of the Grapevine girls soccer program.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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Since then, readers and critics have looked to each of his new novels to reinvigorate the form.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Marcet’s intention was certainly not to disturb the religious faith of her young readers, most of whom would have been raised on a literal understanding of the biblical creation story.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Currently, each school district can decide how many hours of a school day students can miss and still be counted as present.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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The Prince and Princess of Wales continue to remain based in Windsor, living at Adelaide Cottage within Windsor Great Park, and George, Charlotte and Louis are day students at the nearby Lambrook School.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
25 Nov. 2024
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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolgirl. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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