child

Example Sentences

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The result is that part or all of the inheritance passes to someone else, often a child or grandchild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Cissé continuously searches for ways to reconnect with her inner child.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Hollybush Primary School in Londonderry has introduced a smartphone charter where parents voluntarily enter into a written agreement not to buy their child a device until after they finish primary seven.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

I’m not a child of a wealthy Beverly Hills family.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

I told her I’m not a child any more.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler