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as in boyhood
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Noun
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For everyone who is looking to relive their childhood, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 will be re-released.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025 -
Tyson said seeing people going to jail for these offenses was an unfortunate memory of his childhood.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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Developmentally, this is very important, particularly during adolescence.—
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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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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“Girlhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlhood. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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