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
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The 45-year-old's work at the CBS Evening News desk was even criticized by fellow TV personality Megyn Kelly, who relentlessly mocked Dokoupil for crying during a CBS News Miami clip that saw him being interviewed by a local broadcaster and subsequently crying over memories of his childhood.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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With her family business in high demand, Janet’s middle-class childhood provided her with a level of comfort and security never known to her parents or older siblings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 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
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As a writer, Weir penned a number of songs that became cornerstones of the Dead’s concert repertoire; many were penned with his boyhood friend John Perry Barlow.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2026
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Throughout the children's adolescence, Krish and Lakshmi stressed the importance of both education and family — a stark contrast to JD’s early life.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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After a difficult and financially precarious adolescence, he was discovered by fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who encouraged him to get into modelling.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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This year’s nostalgia for Jane Austen interiors (which has also dovetailed with the return of the canopy bed and is not unrelated to the resurgence of perpetual girlhood) has put candlelit lighting back on the map, and retailers are meeting the moment with modern iterations of the antique.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
17 Dec. 2025
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An explicit act of transcending her girlhood, and welcoming new parts of herself.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Toddlerhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddlerhood. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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