as in childhood
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Noun
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Megan and Michael were childhood best friends who met at church and stayed close through high school.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
20 June 2025 -
After spending his childhood in Minnesota, his family relocated to Orlando.—
Avery Stone,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Developmentally, this is very important, particularly during adolescence.—
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Ray fashioned a bildungsroman that charts the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of Apu, a boy who moves from rural Bengal to Calcutta, as his country dramatically changes in the early 20th century.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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“Boyhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyhood. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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