as a child

idiom

: when one was a child
I went there once as a child.

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His late mother, Princess Diana, visited the continent frequently, and William himself traveled to Africa as a child in the aftermath of her death in 1997. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Harris regularly visited India as a child and spent time with her grandfather, P. V. Gopalan, a freedom fighter in India. Yash Roy, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024 Norman Smith said that as a child, his grandmother and other tribal members were approached by the U.S. government with an offer to settle their claims to 10 million acres of ancestral lands. Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024 Growing up as a child star, Olsen experienced the pressures of fame from a young age, which may have influenced her desire to protect Otto. Karla Renic, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for as a child 

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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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