as in childhood
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Recent Examples of boyhood
The best Survivor 50 moment has to be Devens in his pure boyhood joy flipping MrBeast's coin.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Brothers Matt and Steve Vawter inherited their boyhood home following the death of their mother, Susie Vawter, in 2020.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Aged 11, Gordon dropped out of his boyhood club Liverpool’s academy.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 2 June 2026
In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
An album that has so many tunes about boyhood is well served by songwriting and arrangements that evoke such a never-ending sense of play.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2026
The hamburguesa aplastada, however, a fantastically fatty smash burger with two patties of dry-aged Prime beef and chorizo, began with a backyard burger and boyhood promise.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
What started as a boyhood lark became a career with a mission.
—Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
His boyhood home on Pepper Street has been preserved by the Pasadena Historical Society.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Brothers Matt and Steve Vawter inherited their boyhood home following the death of their mother, Susie Vawter, in 2020.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Aged 11, Gordon dropped out of his boyhood club Liverpool’s academy.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 2 June 2026
In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
An album that has so many tunes about boyhood is well served by songwriting and arrangements that evoke such a never-ending sense of play.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2026
The hamburguesa aplastada, however, a fantastically fatty smash burger with two patties of dry-aged Prime beef and chorizo, began with a backyard burger and boyhood promise.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
What started as a boyhood lark became a career with a mission.
—Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
His boyhood home on Pepper Street has been preserved by the Pasadena Historical Society.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyhood
Noun
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The 2008 financial crisis served as an economic backdrop to their childhoods and a bleak job market, outlooked even bleaker thanks to AI, is their current reality.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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In some cases, teachers lost their licenses decades after the offense occurred because an adult victim came forward about prior childhood abuse, the records showed.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Repetition is composed of a novelist’s remembrances of her teenage girlhood, a tumultuous time no matter what.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Beyond its tartness, its specificity, and the sensuous, elliptical line work of its prose, the book serves as a vinegary corrective to the novel of nostalgic country-house girlhood.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
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One child was already pushing my limits, and the idea of doing pregnancy, postpartum and toddlerhood again was a little bit scary for me.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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But like most declarations made in early parenthood, my stance changed once my child reached toddlerhood and started asking to watch the show.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
25 Dec. 2025
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Hormonal changes and brain maturation in adolescence shift the internal biological clock, known as the circadian rhythm, toward a later sleep schedule.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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But the march of time is inevitable, and so are the hormones of adolescence.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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“Boyhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyhood. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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