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school age

NOUN
the time when one attends compulsory school
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At the time of her arrest she had 15 children aged under 12 in her care, as well as 10 children under primary school age and two children under the age of one.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

At the time of her arrest she had 15 children aged under 12, 10 children under primary school age, and two children under the age of one in her care.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Thus we need to wait until school age to ultimately test if paracetamol in the first year of life causes asthma."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Childcare supervision services are offered for children between the ages of 6 and 17; some accept early education and elementary school age students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

By the time the other girls reached school age, Mary had learned about free education.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith


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