as in youth
the state or time of being a child
enjoy your childhood—it won't last forever
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Youn Yuh-jung won Best Supporting Actress for her performances as a grandmother whose behavior baffles the family’s youngest member, David (Alan Kim), and rightly so, but every element of the film serves a story of memories lived in childhood but not fully understood until years later.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
In a way that hadn’t been the case in my childhood, the city had become an obviously desirable place to live.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
While most people have protection that lasts for life after getting vaccinated in early childhood, people born after 1957 but vaccinated before 1968 should consider a booster shot, Gounder said.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
It is said to develop frequently in childhood but can show up at any stage in a person's life, SWNS reported.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
In a way that hadn’t been the case in my childhood, the city had become an obviously desirable place to live.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
While most people have protection that lasts for life after getting vaccinated in early childhood, people born after 1957 but vaccinated before 1968 should consider a booster shot, Gounder said.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
It is said to develop frequently in childhood but can show up at any stage in a person's life, SWNS reported.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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