as in childhood
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Recent Examples of boyhood
Ramsey had a brief spell as interim manager of his boyhood club Cardiff City, overseeing the team for the final three matches of the 2024-2025 season, but was unable to prevent them dropping out of the Championship.
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Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
That could be Marc Casado, who looks certain to leave his boyhood club this summer.
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Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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.
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Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion.
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Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
But this album is even more a celebration of memory, with plenty of current happiness thrown in too — as if his recollections about his Liverpool boyhood and his contemporary mash notes to his wife, Nancy Shevell, occupied adjacent spots on his personal timeline.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
That could be Marc Casado, who looks certain to leave his boyhood club this summer.
—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
The best Survivor 50 moment has to be Devens in his pure boyhood joy flipping MrBeast's coin.
—
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
In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion.
—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
But this album is even more a celebration of memory, with plenty of current happiness thrown in too — as if his recollections about his Liverpool boyhood and his contemporary mash notes to his wife, Nancy Shevell, occupied adjacent spots on his personal timeline.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyhood
Noun
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During a childhood fight, Aemond had his eye cut out by Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys and stole her family’s ferocious, powerful red dragon Vhagar.
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Percy Jackson is especially tied to childhood for a lot of readers.
Noun
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As can be found in the books, Laura Ingalls (played by Alice Halsey) and her older sister Mary (Skywalker Hughes) have very different ways of going about girlhood.
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Stressful texts aside, Zortea turns to the group chat for the girlhood.
Noun
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In those early days with a newborn, and even into toddlerhood, little ones need and want to stay warm.
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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.
Noun
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Seven major medical and sports science organizations now recommend that children participate in multiple sports through at least early adolescence before specializing.
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Set in a small Spanish town, Mio undertakes an odyssey between childhood and adolescence that demands everything of him in his quest to find himself.
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“Boyhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyhood. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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