children
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"She insisted nothing would happen to her, saying: 'I haven't done anything wrong, and am only coming to raise my children.'"
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
These sanitized accounts ignored the homemade dangers, such as the health problems fostered by an overstretched military — realities many children would face when a changed parent finally came home.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Let’s go back in time to the day when parents sent all their children to the same neighborhood public school, one brother after another, one sister after another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Happy Meals and other toy promos were geared toward children in the past.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
She was gazing out of the window now at the children.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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