Example Sentences

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Sometimes a tall sock and a short one; sometimes a Paw Patrol relic from toddlerhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"We found an association between cold and heat exposure during pregnancy, infancy and toddlerhood and global MD in children aged 9–12 years," the authors write.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2024

The researchers identified multiple genetic factors underlying vocabulary size in infancy and toddlerhood.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

Eleven-year-old Emma Basques had identified as a girl since toddlerhood.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Jellyfish would have been around for everything else—birth, infancy, toddlerhood, childhood.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin