child

Example Sentences

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A forensic accountant helped determine that he had been spending roughly $20,000 a month on another woman and their child in an apartment for around a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Those under 18 or in further education will be eligible for child support.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

There are going to be parents who can’t afford a birthday cake for their kid thanks to restrictions, which isn’t fair to that child, she pointed out.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

But for a Chinese child watching the videos, “these are unthinkable after growing up in a very safe—a constrained but safe—environment in China.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

I wish you were here, stroking my hair, telling me everything was going to be all right, like you did when I was a child and had hurt myself.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler