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babyhood

NOUN
period of infancy
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Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

But at 3, my son still wears diapers and has the soft cheeks of babyhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

I wasn’t after infants who are incidental to the plot; I wanted babies whose babyhood was essential to the story.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2024

Since babyhood, she had experienced episodes of searing pain, hospitalization and organ damage, and would have been expected to die in her 40s.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

We are surrounded from babyhood by familiar farm and domestic animals, fruits and trees and vegetables.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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