as in childhood
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Recent Examples of boyhood
Alexander-Arnold hasn’t played for Madrid since suffering an injury in their opening Champions League game against Marseille on September 16, and The Athletic reported on Monday that he is not expected to start against his boyhood club despite Dani Carvajal’s injury.
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Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
His boyhood home is available to visit in Lincoln City.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
Where did the idea originate to bring together some of Scorsese’s boyhood pals for conversations with him for the film?
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
And that touchdown wasn’t just an exciting moment for the team, or a big play to widen the gap against New Mexico, but also an unforgettable moment for a boyhood Boise State fan.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
Thorne’s adaptation is billed as truthful to the original novel – set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island – and will delve further into the book’s emotive themes; human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
But there is also a Republican president who called Abilene his boyhood home and is even more dear to this community.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
My boyhood idols Howard Stern and David Letterman were very considerate and kind.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
This puts intense pressure on them to leap from boyhood directly into manhood.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
His boyhood home is available to visit in Lincoln City.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
Where did the idea originate to bring together some of Scorsese’s boyhood pals for conversations with him for the film?
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
And that touchdown wasn’t just an exciting moment for the team, or a big play to widen the gap against New Mexico, but also an unforgettable moment for a boyhood Boise State fan.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
Thorne’s adaptation is billed as truthful to the original novel – set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island – and will delve further into the book’s emotive themes; human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
But there is also a Republican president who called Abilene his boyhood home and is even more dear to this community.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
My boyhood idols Howard Stern and David Letterman were very considerate and kind.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
This puts intense pressure on them to leap from boyhood directly into manhood.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyhood
Noun
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Even more poignant, however, is the Rosemary's Baby angle, where the innocence of childhood is drowned in blood and the notion that a young person reared in a loving environment should develop into a compassionate adult is perverted into unthinkable horror.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The initial childhood of Victor Frankenstein lends itself more to that age of enlightenment.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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One skipped school day exposes the fractures of a family grieving in silence and the contradictions of love that shape her girlhood.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Your music has been the soundtrack to generations of Black girlhood and womanhood.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
29 Sep. 2025
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Films like Look Who’s Talking and The Boss Baby have certainly tried and, to an extent, succeeded in capturing the joys and chaos of infancy and toddlerhood.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Mats are suitable from infancy through toddlerhood, but some models offer features that are more appropriate for one age than another.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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But as childhood faded into adolescence, the piano became less a place of play and more a refuge.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Maybe the trailing parent is simply the next logical step in an era when adolescence stretches longer.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Boyhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyhood. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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