girlhood

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Noun
  • Later, after the 1978 season, Rose shocked the baseball world by bolting his childhood team to sign a free-agent contract worth $3.2 million for four years with the Philadelphia Phillies.
    Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The eerie thing—something that returns to me from my thespian childhood—is that the true reward of the stage isn’t laughter or applause, welcome as those are.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Set on the German island of Amrum in the North Sea in the final days of World War II, this is the story of Nanning (played by a wonderful young actor named Jasper Billerbeck), a boy on the cusp of adolescence, steeped in Hitler youth culture but gradually realizing he’s been backing the wrong side.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 May 2025
  • Arguing with a parent is not new territory in adolescence.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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“Girlhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlhood. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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