schoolchild
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Any schoolchild knows who came up with the telephone or the sewing machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Every British schoolchild learns about King Harold, William the Conqueror and 1066.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
Every schoolchild learns the name: Mesopotamia – the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of civilization.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
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
Three men sacrificed their lives to protect dozens of schoolchildren during an attempted mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Research has found that autistic schoolchildren are subjected more to exclusion and bullying than their peers.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Of the 1.3 million schoolchildren evacuated from cities to the countryside, Mr. Scott writes, many “resorted to eating grasshoppers, snakes, and stream crabs as well as tooth-cleaning powder, paint, and crayons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Wednesday, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said eggs would again be provided to schoolchildren from August.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
A few schoolchildren, a few milkmen and street sweepers, but otherwise, our early-morning meeting is over before I would normally even leave for work.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
