child

Example Sentences

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The decision to have a child isn’t primarily a financial calculation, and a one-time payment doesn’t touch the conditions that make family formation feel out of reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Given their limited attention span, the last thing a child needs is a film chock-full of loose ends to distract from the crux of the story.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

But she has few memories of Saratoga as a child; the family moved to Florida when she was 9 and she lived there until she was 19.

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

I will be given an address, and I will collect a child from there.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler