child's play

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Recent Examples of child's play And everything that used to give me anxiety feels like child's play after all this. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 Getting the reimbursement is far from child's play. Caroline Reid, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 Indecipherable homework assignments that would mystify mere mortals are, well, child's play to Suborno, something his parents marveled at early on. Susan Spencer, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025 However, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for child's play
Recent Examples of Synonyms for child's play
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Hess and Rhoads say the transition from talking about beer to running a brewery has been a breeze.
    Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
  • Wake up to river views and salty breezes at the Yorktown Beach Hotel.
    Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Both aspired to some kind of soulful, intellectual seriousness at a moment when their work was pulling them toward mass appeal and triviality.
    Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
  • His reinstatement of Rose and Jackson is no exception: History has become an irrelevant triviality — ignored or, even better, forgotten.
    Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Their walk led them to a pretty picnic complete with champagne.
    Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and a blanket or chairs to watch the show, according to a news release.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Sanders remains beloved for its bumpy cake Sanders, which celebrated its 150th anniversary earlier this year, is known for its ice cream sodas, cream puff hot fudge sundaes and famous Bumpy Cake.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 July 2025
  • Located just steps from Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine, Tablespoon Cooking Co. has classes available to sign up for online that cater to a variety of dishes, from tacos and margaritas to eclairs and cream puffs.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Do kid stuff: Visit the Orange County Sand and Sea exhibit with an ocean animal touch tank.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
  • Physicist Matthew von Hippel looks not at the birth of the universe but at its destruction, outlining a disastrous world-ending scenario that makes asteroid strikes and Earth-colliding black holes look like kid stuff.
    Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Be sure to bake this cake in a pan that can go under the broiler.
    Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
  • This deconstructed upside down cake improved on the classic Dole Whip with a moist and crunchy chunk of cinnamony cake and even more pineapple flavor.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 July 2025

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