children

Example Sentences

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That argument works for my paying for schools when I don’t have children, or your paying for scientific research you think is silly.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

Recently, I received a letter from a reader about whether she and her husband should add their children as beneficiaries to the husband’s modest retirement fund.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Earlier on stage, she thanked her three children, including her son William, who died in 1989, aged 19.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that autism now appears in 1 in 31 children, a 381% increase since 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The human children crested the hill, a dozen silhouettes backlit by the rippling green light of Progress.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman