children
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Children have better outcomes when placed with family than in a foster-care system with strangers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Children can be just as unforgiving as adults when it comes to movies, which is probably why, until this week, I couldn’t ever bring myself to rewatch “Cars.”
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Children - and in this case, young girls - are just learning a way of surviving, maybe even thriving, online?
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Children who carried epigenetic patterns associated with ASD were less likely to show signs of the condition if they acquired Lachnospira pectinoschiza during infancy.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Children were everywhere, dodging in and out of the crowd and crying out to each other in shrill excited voices.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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