unchildlike

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Recent Examples of unchildlike The recent wave of bans comes as many Republicans, in their opposition to gun control, climate science, food stamps, public education, and other social services, work assiduously to render the lives of American children as unchildlike as possible. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchildlike
Adjective
  • Todd Stoll is an experienced performer, Duke Ellington expert, author, and educator.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • But the spokesperson did not say when the program's work would fully resume or how the work would continue without any of the experienced employees who have been laid off.
    Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On the contrary, Grade observes their fictional counterparts with a knowing, sometimes cynical, but always loving eye.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The knowing sense that, for whatever reason, this is a place where you’re meant to be.
    Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The key benefits of integration include: • Enhanced Threat Detection: By unifying security tools, organizations can achieve a holistic view of their threat landscape, enabling the identification of sophisticated attacks that might evade stand-alone systems.
    Bob Kruse, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • According to Google, zero-day exploits are becoming increasingly easy for threat actors to develop and procure, which has led to more sophisticated attacks.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In a society cleaved into labor sellers and capital owners, every increase in workers’ hourly productivity tends to accelerate their worldly dispossession.
    Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • What Ross, a worldly man, continued to resist at times was the world.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • At its height, Tombstone was highly cosmopolitan, drawing fortune-seekers from all over the world.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Rapidly growing art and tech scenes have added to the gravitational pull of Los Angeles and its warm weather, beaches, and many cosmopolitan delights in the Pacific time zone.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • An increasing number of smart, eco-conscious entrepreneurs are putting Earth first by utilizing unwanted materials that would otherwise end up as trash.
    Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Even smart bulbs and other kinds of smart lighting often require less power than traditional lights.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Crucially, they are grounded in real-world experiences, from a recent exchange with worldly-wise restaurant waitresses in Bordeaux exemplifying trust and collaboration, to the coaching of top CEOs over the past 20 years.
    HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Heather Alicia Simms and Vanessa Bell Calloway are both sharp, witty, and poignant without sentimentality as the play’s two matriarchal figures, the formidable Missy Judson and Idella Landy, the wry, worldly-wise housekeeper who essentially raised Charlie.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
Adjective
  • Why 'Shrinking' Is a Parents-Only Watch The themes, relationships, and conversations in this show are primarily adult in nature.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The next decades will witness, for the first time, the full impact of one-child families on adult Chinese society.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012

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“Unchildlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchildlike. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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