as a child

idiom

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

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Her emotional response and (to be fair, unethical) choice to threaten the guy suggest to the viewer that Dr. Santos herself experienced a similar kind of trauma as a child. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025 After four episodes of seeing Natalia through the eyes of Kristine and Michael Barnett, Episode 5 begins to show us what life was like from Natalia’s perspective during the years where she was abandoned by her adoptive parents and forced to live on her own as a child. Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025 Arik was inspired to start the project after having trouble learning how to read as a child, per ESPN. Emily Krauser, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Born on April 7, 1954, Chan studied acrobatics, martial arts, and acting as a child at the Peking Opera School's China Drama Academy and became one of the Seven Little Fortunes. ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025 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 23 Apr. 2025.

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