childless

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Also read: We’re in our 70s and childless.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

British columnist Zoe Williams wondered in The Guardian how she would feel to receive such a letter from "childless" President Emmanuel Macron.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Felix is famously childless, Anna has a couple kids on the older side.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

Anxious to preserve the familial line—and their power—emperors would arrange strategic marriages or, if childless, adopt an heir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

In the hall, outside the apartment door, was a lavatory we shared with our neighbors—a childless German couple called the Schatzmans, the landlord told us.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline