Examples of latchkey in a Sentence
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Maybe that’s the definition of how some current-day parents were raised—you’re part of the latchkey generation if your mom wouldn’t have noticed that E.T. was in her house.
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
This is not only an inner-city problem or for communities with latchkey kids or gangs.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
Tamara was a latchkey kid and Tommy made many of his own meals growing up.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
Frank Edwards grew up as a latchkey kid in Dallas.
—Kalley Huang, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2021
Until the family moved to London, young Coxon was adrift, a latchkey kid drawing ghouls in his notebooks, unsure of his place in the world.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
Root cause of violence, which is unattended, latchkey kids or kids running the streets.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2023
Back in 1985 in Hawaii, Ata and Rocky try to one-up Lia’s promotion by getting new big-name wrestlers; Dewey falls in with a group of latchkey kids.
—Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
The sisters were latchkey kids, getting themselves to school and completing their homework, until their paternal grandmother eventually moved in after emigrating from Korea.
—Ken Budd, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
This is not only an inner-city problem or for communities with latchkey kids or gangs.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
Tamara was a latchkey kid and Tommy made many of his own meals growing up.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
Frank Edwards grew up as a latchkey kid in Dallas.
—Kalley Huang, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2021
Until the family moved to London, young Coxon was adrift, a latchkey kid drawing ghouls in his notebooks, unsure of his place in the world.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
Root cause of violence, which is unattended, latchkey kids or kids running the streets.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2023
Back in 1985 in Hawaii, Ata and Rocky try to one-up Lia’s promotion by getting new big-name wrestlers; Dewey falls in with a group of latchkey kids.
—Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
The sisters were latchkey kids, getting themselves to school and completing their homework, until their paternal grandmother eventually moved in after emigrating from Korea.
—Ken Budd, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
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First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined above
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“Latchkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latchkey. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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latchkey
noun
latch·key
ˈlach-ˌkē 
: a key for opening a door latch
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