as a child

phrase

: when one was a child
I went there once as a child.

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Anyone who got infected with chickenpox as a child is at risk of later developing shingles. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 Vo, who fled Vietnam as a child, served as the mayor of Cerritos while a member of the city council from 2020 to 2025. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Longtime customer Patricia Dickens remembers visiting Linda's as a child with her parents. — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 His attorneys argued that jurors had never heard that Ramey suffered physical abuse as a child and grew up in poverty. — Michael Graczyk, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as a child

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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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