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Recent Examples of childhood Pratt was stout, compact and level-eyed, with a raspy drawl bespeaking his childhood on the Louisiana bayou. Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025 An everlasting love for animals Mikayla was introduced to wild animals through Sandi, who was a licensed wildlife rehabber throughout Mikayla's childhood. Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 June 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for childhood
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Noun
  • Hosts will assume a portion of the cost to stage events, and in turn X Games will partner with these cities for anywhere from three to ten years and invest in each community by supporting skate parks, youth action sports programs and community initiatives.
    Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Norse Key is positioning as TV and film distribution and international financing company, and will work across unscripted formats, docs, kids and youth programs, drama and comedy series, feature films, and music and performing arts content.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 July 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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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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