child
Example Sentences
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"I've worked in child protection for a long time and I've never dealt with anything like this in a nursery previously."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Antonia Johnson, an attorney I interviewed, had a child in her late 30s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Extended day child care and after-school programs will continue to operate from 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. with adjusted staffing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Others—including York, Clark’s enslaved manservant, and Sacagawea, a kidnapped Shoshone teenager pregnant with the child of the expedition’s interpreter, Charbonneau—did not have a say in the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Weakened by his asthma, he had never been a strong child.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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