child's play
noun
1
: an extremely simple task or act
2
: something that is insignificant
figuring out the password was child's play
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Examples of child's play in a Sentence
Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.
the injury is child's play, just a scratch
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Indecipherable homework assignments that would mystify mere mortals are, well, child's play to Suborno, something his parents marveled at early on.
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Susan Spencer, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
However, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
And everything that used to give me anxiety feels like child's play after all this.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Susan Spencer, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
However, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
And everything that used to give me anxiety feels like child's play after all this.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Child's play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child%27s%20play. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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