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toddler

[tod-ler] / ˈtɒd lər /
NOUN
baby
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STRONGEST


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Amy, a working mother with a toddler, said: "He was on formula and it was expensive for the tins. They never had offers or promotions."

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

I’ve been doing that since I was a toddler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Steven, now 35 and married to his high school sweetheart with a toddler, is a partner at Arena Capital, a small real-estate private-equity firm that invests in the Hudson Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

And then if you have more than one child, you may well be managing that defiant toddler while simultaneously experiencing the hormone crash, the sleeplessness, the bobble-headed feeling of the newborn period all over again.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

“He’s a toddler, he doesn’t have a favorite anything.”

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

More than 40,000 cases – which range from coughs to bronchitis and more serious conditions like pneumonia – involve toddlers.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The feds operate more than a dozen food assistance programs, which provide grocery money for new parents and their toddlers, as well as free school breakfasts and lunches for lower-income children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The panel of doctors, academics, youth representatives and parents recommended no screens at all for babies and toddlers, and that children up to 12 should only be allowed "age-appropriate social media" under adult supervision.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Nearby, a woman with timeless preschool-teacher energy played the accordion for a ring of toddlers as shoppers crowded around nearly white ears of sweet corn.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

But the small girl playing in the dirt only whimpered and spat; she had tried tasting some pebbles, in the way of toddlers, and had found herself with a mouthful of foul-tasting grit.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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