as in youth
the state or time of being a child
enjoy your childhood—it won't last forever
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Recent Examples of childhood
The roots of that commitment stretch back to his childhood.
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Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
In public statements and interviews over the last week, Ladapo has given no information on the safety of childhood vaccines or tried to persuade people about their use.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
While the commission’s May report had singled out pesticides as a driver of childhood illness, the new report avoids calling for a crackdown on pesticides and other farming chemicals.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Coon joked to Rolling Stone in 2018 about the connection between her childhood and parenting.
—Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
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Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
In public statements and interviews over the last week, Ladapo has given no information on the safety of childhood vaccines or tried to persuade people about their use.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
While the commission’s May report had singled out pesticides as a driver of childhood illness, the new report avoids calling for a crackdown on pesticides and other farming chemicals.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Coon joked to Rolling Stone in 2018 about the connection between her childhood and parenting.
—Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for childhood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for childhood
Noun
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From there, youth are allowed to immerse themselves into a specific concentration.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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This isn’t the hypercompetitive youth sports machine that churns out anxiety alongside achievement.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For young people, adolescence is already a season of identity, growth, and pressure.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The essays trace her path from awkward adolescence to adulting in her 30s and 40s, with all the contradictions, clarity, and chaos that come with it.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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