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children

[chil-druhn] / ˈtʃɪl drən /






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Childcare supervision services are offered for children between the ages of 6 and 17; some accept early education and elementary school age students.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

He told me he'd spoken to his wife and three children about the possibility that he might not come back.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Additional research linked consumption to increased hyperactivity in children.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Unified students will need childcare, meals for their children and other resources if three unions go on a massive strike and shut down schools.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

She and her husband had managed to get their two small children to friends before their arrest, but she worried aloud all day about them and about Mr. Floor, who had tuberculosis.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom