love child

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an illegitimate child a woman who claimed to be the love child of two of Hollywood's most beloved stars during its golden age

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Recent Examples of love child Boden Boden—essentially the love child of J.Crew and Anthropologie—is offering a rare 25% discount at its Memorial Day sale. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 21 May 2025 Via Carota is the unofficial clubhouse for the current crowd, the love child of Jodi Williams and Rita Sodi, serving not culinary fireworks but reliable Tuscan classics. New York Times, 7 May 2025 Prep Time: 30 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Servings: 8 Jump to Nutrition Facts Lively, light, and citrus-bright, this recipe (from our March 1953 issue) could be considered the love child of a Pavlova and a lemon meringue pie. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2025 Until then, the ideas that gave birth to the Skinner-Leary love child of electronic offender monitoring will remain in orphan status. Robert S. Gable, IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2017 See All Example Sentences for love child

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“Love child.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/love%20child. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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