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childless

ADJECTIVE
barren
Synonyms


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Playing a childless, vain, pitch-perfect vision of Los Angeles’ wickedness in “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore mothered so hard she almost separated California right down the San Andreas fault line.

From Salon • May 10, 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

Don’t miss: We’re in our 70s and childless.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 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

Black or white, east or west, single or married, mothers or childless, women were now a fundamental part of the aeronautical research process.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly



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