child

Example Sentences

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Duncan founded Operation Life in 1972, providing free child care, medical care and job training to Las Vegas’s Westside community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I didn’t realize just how rough it is for the child, let alone the family.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The P/E ratio would have to rise above 90 over the next 18 years, and to about 2,000 by the time a newborn child today would expect to retire, in 67 years’ time.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Those successfully returned home by Equatorial Guinea include "a former child slave turned anti-slavery advocate" who is now living in hiding, according to the lawyers' statement.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“Red, child, is that you?” said the old woman.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff