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 entire hour plays with variations on interpersonal connection, sometimes in brief interactions between strangers, sometimes about parenting and childhood, and sometimes seen through Wood’s experience of fame, but the bubble-man story is Wood at his most personal and captivating.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
In my childhood, my father took us on a summertime drive from Chicago to Michigan’s Harbor Country.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Named after the address of his childhood home in Kansas City, 5816 Forest marks a turning point in Tech’s storied career.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Aug. 2025
No wonder so many Hollywood luminaries have been shipping their kids off to New England for nearly eight weeks every summer — far from the privilege and polish of L.A. life and straight into the land of lanyards and communal childhood trauma.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
In my childhood, my father took us on a summertime drive from Chicago to Michigan’s Harbor Country.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Named after the address of his childhood home in Kansas City, 5816 Forest marks a turning point in Tech’s storied career.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Aug. 2025
No wonder so many Hollywood luminaries have been shipping their kids off to New England for nearly eight weeks every summer — far from the privilege and polish of L.A. life and straight into the land of lanyards and communal childhood trauma.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childhood
Noun
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Chambers designed the event to uplift youth who are often affected by violence.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Upcoming projects from Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios include Big Dreams: The Little League World Series 2024, an ESPN documentary to bow Aug. 12 and centered on the iconic American youth sporting event.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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The smiling faces of children exploring the wonders of nature and adolescence filled most of my SD cards.—
Lex Goldstein,
Allure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Clune writes of adolescence with specificity—there’s the annoying younger kid who wants to sit with Nick on the bus, the windows on the bus that open exactly two inches, the hallucinatory anticipation of a blue-raspberry slushie at 7-Eleven.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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