boyhood

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyhood
Noun
  • 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
  • Developmentally, this is very important, particularly during adolescence.
    Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • 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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