as a child

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: when one was a child
I went there once as a child.

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Fitting ultimately granted it, noting Dixon's arrival in the U.S. as a child and her status as a lawful permanent resident for over 50 years. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 Tesfaye then transitions to somewhere in the snow with a fire burning, staring at himself as a child. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 29 May 2025 During his deathbed confession, Joseph told his life story, including his pilgrimage to Jerusalem as a child and his difficult journey back to Europe after the death of his father. Sarah Barringer, The Conversation, 27 May 2025 Gale saw a lot of musical theater as a child growing up in Missouri, where the city of St. Louis boasts one of the oldest and largest outdoor musical theater companies in the country, The Muny. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for as a child

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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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