Example Sentences

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But for childless investors, inheritance isn’t the primary issue.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

British columnist Zoe Williams wondered in The Guardian how she would feel to receive such a letter from "childless" President Emmanuel Macron.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Of all the figures Ms. Stalnaker discusses, Deffand was the most stalwart in facing oblivion—she was a childless woman who had published nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Over two months of filming in Atwater Village and Silver Lake, we were portrayed as a carefree, childless couple.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

The unemployed asked for jobs; the childless, for help in finding a baby to adopt; the oppressed, for justice.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson