latchkey

Example Sentences

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Since I was a latchkey kid, I needed to find something else to do after school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

"Dinosaurs were more like latchkey kids," Holtz said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

“Costco’s food court is a distinct, beloved, earnest slice of discount, faster-than-fast food. It’s basically like upscale microwave food. Like a latchkey kid somehow got hold of industrial kitchen equipment,” Thrillist wrote back in 2018.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

I think for latchkey kids of the ‘80s and ‘90s, celebrities filled in for the family members we wish we had.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

After-school junk food is another fundamental right of the latchkey child.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead