children
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Parents who own businesses can hire their children as employees, maximizing the years the IRA funds can compound, which gives them a powerful head start on building a retirement nest egg.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026
Your good health might turn chronically bad; your money pit of a house might morph into a black hole; your successful children might boomerang back into your basement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
A meeting about work to encourage English-speaking parents to send their children to Welsh-medium schools was only broadcast in Welsh.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Regardless of their immigration status or that of their parents, children should not be subjected to immigration detention, he insisted.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
What if his children are suffering right now?
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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