as in infancy
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Recent Examples of babyhood
His arms, still rounded with the softness of babyhood, were raised; his hands behind his head.
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Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babyhood
Noun
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When Nike was in its infancy, the United States was engaged in the space race and landed on the moon, Goss said.—
Hannarose McGuinness,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The drama follows a girl who grows up with three different families across her infancy and adolescence.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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Her family stays on beside the ruins, and the film charts how occupation and its aftermath become the unremarkable background of her adolescence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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The first collection, which lands in stores in September, will offer those of us who spent their adolescence admiring his archival runway images on Tumblr a chance to finally get in on the action.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Babyhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babyhood. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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