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Recent Examples of childhood Raised in New Jersey in the era before Title IX, the groundbreaking 1972 civil rights legislation that opened the door for women to compete in sports just as men always had, Grabow spent her childhood unable to do what now drives her. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 The setting of the camp, and the snowy weather add immeasurably to the ghostly nature of the story, and is given credence by Derrickson’s own childhood attending these kind of winter camps in Colorado. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025 Trottner has continued to open up about her childhood abduction and its impact on her life. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 Mari Yamamoto connected her character’s journey to her own childhood displacement. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for childhood
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Noun
  • The ship will include several luxury amenities, including a theater, youth activity room, hair salon, spa, fitness center, and more.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In a webinar, Robbie Sinclair, Future Snoops VP of Fashion and Péter Kecskés, Future Snoops strategist of youth, said understanding Gen Z must be an integral part of brands’ strategies looking for growth and stability in today’s complex market.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While the change in how pediatricians approach allergen exposure began with the LEAP trial, subsequent long-term follow-up studies, including the LEAP-Trio study published in 2024, confirmed that this protection extends into adolescence when early exposure is sustained.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • One cultural role of child stars, after all, is to embody for their moment the ambiguities of approaching adolescence.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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