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
Arnold and Omar would spend childhood summers visiting their grandmother in Puebla, Mexico.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Luciana Johnson grew up around her grandfather’s plant store, and now her daughters are the fourth generation of Talinis who spent ample time of their childhood among the seeds and starts in East Sacramento.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
In 1955, 60-year-old Pagnol is an acclaimed playwright and filmmaker when Elle magazine commissions a weekly column about his childhood.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Saatchi, who’s been obsessed with Ambersons since childhood and now runs a gen AI company, reached out to Rose to combine forces — because, indeed, the technology came around.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Luciana Johnson grew up around her grandfather’s plant store, and now her daughters are the fourth generation of Talinis who spent ample time of their childhood among the seeds and starts in East Sacramento.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
In 1955, 60-year-old Pagnol is an acclaimed playwright and filmmaker when Elle magazine commissions a weekly column about his childhood.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Saatchi, who’s been obsessed with Ambersons since childhood and now runs a gen AI company, reached out to Rose to combine forces — because, indeed, the technology came around.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childhood
Noun
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But the tone of the new pictures also suggests a return to the Romanticism that rankled him in his youth, or at least a lighter, less conflicted touch.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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He's been scouring the area to find the cheapest gas while juggling two jobs, as a youth counselor for a Boys and Girls Club in nearby Carson and a private fitness trainer.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hormone levels bounce around during adolescence and in adult women change hourly, daily, and during different parts of the menstrual cycle.—
Patricia Bencivenga,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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His childhood and adolescence in Tucson, where his father was an anthropologist and archeologist, and later Flagstaff, where his dad was the director of the Museum of Northern Arizona and Research Center, inspired much of his early environmental awareness.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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