as in childhood
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Recent Examples of toddlerhood
But like most declarations made in early parenthood, my stance changed once my child reached toddlerhood and started asking to watch the show.
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
Grownsy meets that need with products that grow alongside families from newborn days through toddlerhood.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Films like Look Who’s Talking and The Boss Baby have certainly tried and, to an extent, succeeded in capturing the joys and chaos of infancy and toddlerhood.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Mats are suitable from infancy through toddlerhood, but some models offer features that are more appropriate for one age than another.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Kara Nesvig, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
Grownsy meets that need with products that grow alongside families from newborn days through toddlerhood.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Films like Look Who’s Talking and The Boss Baby have certainly tried and, to an extent, succeeded in capturing the joys and chaos of infancy and toddlerhood.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Mats are suitable from infancy through toddlerhood, but some models offer features that are more appropriate for one age than another.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddlerhood
Noun
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Many of us learn this bias in childhood.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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With his car in the shop, Audrey drives Eli to work and school and the two grow closer as Audrey comes to grips with an abusive childhood and Eli wrestles with his shady past.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Fermin came close to leaving his boyhood club in the summer, when Premier League giant Chelsea was eager to acquire his services.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Rocco Reitz, now the club captain and a boyhood fan who became a Gladbach member the day he was born, was terrific.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Her writing often returned to her childhood and adolescence in Formby, a few miles north of Liverpool.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Elements of punk, adolescence, and glam-rock all infiltrated the runway.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The response felt like a celebration of girlhood.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Those feelings, comfort, and sense of girlhood that the dolls can spark does not have to go away just because a person grows up.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Toddlerhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddlerhood. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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