as in youth
the state or time of being a child
enjoy your childhood—it won't last forever
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However, this is not necessarily the case in early childhood development, where moving a dollar from India to Brazil is neither feasible nor objectively considered a better investment.
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The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Making the trip from South Africa to Thailand more appealing was the chance to see his partner, Leslie Bibb, who was already cast on the series, playing one of three childhood frenemies on vacation.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
The governor also proposed creation of a new $300 million universal pre-kindergarten endowment to expand access to child care and other early childhood development programs.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The longer Kalli stays away, the more Cass is forced to reckon not just with the possibility that Ari has been abandoned, but with their own childhood abandonment, which continues to ripple in the present.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
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The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Making the trip from South Africa to Thailand more appealing was the chance to see his partner, Leslie Bibb, who was already cast on the series, playing one of three childhood frenemies on vacation.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
The governor also proposed creation of a new $300 million universal pre-kindergarten endowment to expand access to child care and other early childhood development programs.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The longer Kalli stays away, the more Cass is forced to reckon not just with the possibility that Ari has been abandoned, but with their own childhood abandonment, which continues to ripple in the present.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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