babyhood

noun

Definition of babyhoodnext
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. — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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  1. infancy
  2. adolescence
Noun
  • Northside is 2-1 after going 3-17 over the past two seasons, its worst two-year stretch since the program’s infancy in the mid-1960s.
    — Chip Saye, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Winkler recalled having only three weeks to work with MTV and Spears’s creative team to produce the stage design, at a time when digital collaboration was in its early infancy.
    — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of infancy
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  • The novel explores the challenges of making a life both within and without the arts, and how that unfolds from adolescence into adulthood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The two had known each other since adolescence, and what began as an effort to document his musical comeback evolved into an intimate chronicle of addiction, mental-health struggles, friendship and loss.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of adolescence

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