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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as young as five" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate the minimum age at which something is applicable or relevant, often in contexts related to age requirements or capabilities.
Example: "Children can start learning to swim as young as five, making it an important skill to teach early on."
Alternatives: "as early as five" or "starting from five years old".
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Children as young as five were among the 67 dead.
In Malawi, children as young as five years old work in tobacco fields.
Research shows that poverty can damage learning (and hence prospects) in children as young as five.
Now, children as young as five years old are taught to code.
Now children as young as five will be told to cut out sexist language.
There I saw children as young as five perform stunningly fast calculations.
Children as young as five are being left on their own with access to the internet.
Some were as young as five when he recruited them; now they are men with hard eyes and no jobs.
Nor does Mr King see any reason why children as young as five or six could not go too.
Girls as young as five years old were kidnapped from homes and were raped and abused, according to survivors.
A recent NSPCC campaign encourages parents to teach children as young as five about inappropriate adult attention.
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