childish
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It’s not a childish place, but it does produce childlike wonder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"It's a childish response from a man who has never grown up, who has an immense ego which takes him absolutely nowhere," Anne Wardrop, a 90-year-old retiree, told AFP of the name change.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
You’re trying to communicate something to a group that doesn’t want you to communicate to them, but, instead, wants you to simply imitate or channel angsty teenage feelings—that’s really childish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"He's being childish," one opposition MP told me, on condition that he remained anonymous.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
It was painful to hear childish voices using such names and labels.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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