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childless

ADJECTIVE
barren
Synonyms


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Also contributing to the drop is a growing number of childless residents opting to stay that way, worried about the financial implications and lifestyle trade-offs of having a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Some were expecting their first child, some were pregnant with their second, and others remained childless.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Playing a childless, vain, pitch-perfect vision of Los Angeles’ wickedness in “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore mothered so hard she almost separated California right down the San Andreas fault line.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

But for childless investors, inheritance isn’t the primary issue.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

If I am and the SIM find out, they’ll make me carry it to full term, then give it to some childless general’s wife like the story Magdalena told me.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez



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