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
His father was in the Merchant Navy and spent much of Stamp’s childhood away from the family.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Michaels specifically attended the briefing to support Trump and Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again Commission's report on childhood chronic illness.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
In lieu of Kurosawa’s realistic vision of law enforcement, Lee offers a hallucination in realistic guise: David, seconded by Paul, descends to the kidnapper’s subterranean lair, near the friends’ childhood home.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
My entire childhood was being the boss’s son and having all the Scottish and Irish waitresses and waiters, the Russian guy making fruit salads, the Hungarian guy who made the Jell-O molds and the Haitian guys in the kitchen busting my chops for being the boss’s son.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
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Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Michaels specifically attended the briefing to support Trump and Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again Commission's report on childhood chronic illness.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
In lieu of Kurosawa’s realistic vision of law enforcement, Lee offers a hallucination in realistic guise: David, seconded by Paul, descends to the kidnapper’s subterranean lair, near the friends’ childhood home.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
My entire childhood was being the boss’s son and having all the Scottish and Irish waitresses and waiters, the Russian guy making fruit salads, the Hungarian guy who made the Jell-O molds and the Haitian guys in the kitchen busting my chops for being the boss’s son.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childhood
Noun
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In a society where a bright, full smile is synonymous with youth, health, and attractiveness, changes to oral appearance can trigger significant anxiety and self-consciousness.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The outdoors is no stranger to the pitfalls of misrepresentation, just ask the generations of BIPOC skiers, surfers, hikers, and climbers that watched white athletes dominate the videos, ad spreads, and magazine pages of their youth.—
Kade Krichko,
Outside,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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 22 Aug. 2025.
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