child's play
noun
1
: an extremely simple task or act
2
: something that is insignificant
figuring out the password was child's play
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Examples of child's play in a Sentence
Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.
the injury is child's play, just a scratch
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And everything that used to give me anxiety feels like child's play after all this.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Even though Activate's games in Dubai are the same as the ones in its North American sites, the expansion still wasn't child's play.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Baby stroller design: Not child's play Baby strollers, once just merely a means for transporting a baby, have become thousand-dollar accessories.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Even though Activate's games in Dubai are the same as the ones in its North American sites, the expansion still wasn't child's play.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Baby stroller design: Not child's play Baby strollers, once just merely a means for transporting a baby, have become thousand-dollar accessories.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024
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“Child's play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child%27s%20play. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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