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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

When children first come to school, they step out of the private world of babyhood and family.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

These misshapen cells get stuck in veins and arteries, blocking the flow of blood that carries life-giving oxygen to the body and causing the disease’s horrifying hallmark: episodes of agony that begin in babyhood.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2020

And to memories of the mother of his babyhood, a gentler, happier Jiller, singing to him.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda


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