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as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot
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Recent Examples of sprout
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
Add Brussels sprouts, sweet potato and onion to the skillet.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Burls store nutrients and water and, most importantly, provide a bank of genetic material that can sprout into new trees.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Brassicas like Brussels sprouts taste sweeter and mellower after a frost.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
Add Brussels sprouts, sweet potato and onion to the skillet.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
Radishes…tiny seeds to handle, but can sprout in three days and be harvested in 21 days.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Burls store nutrients and water and, most importantly, provide a bank of genetic material that can sprout into new trees.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprout
Noun
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The driveway was already full of other cars arriving and various parents and kids taking photos like crazy and squealing.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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They were married in 1968, with Miguel Bezos adopting her young son, and had two more kids, Christina and Mark.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Wind speeds could be comparable to those of a tropical storm, strong enough to break tree limbs, cause trees to fall, and blow around unsecured objects, National Weather Service (NWS) lead meteorologist Matt Mehle told .—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The idea for Netflix House has been germinating at the company for years, Chief Marketing Officer Marian Lee told USA TODAY at the site, just a week before the attraction was set to open in suburban Philadelphia.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Carrot seeds sown in the ground need consistent moisture to germinate reliably and even growth requires perfectly uniform soil so as not to develop twisted shapes or forked roots.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Under the public trees, children ran exultantly between cars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Villages have been burned, civilians executed, and children targeted.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The aim is to attract not only shoots in Catalonia but for production, post-production and digital and video gaming companies to settle in the City creating Southern Europe’s international audiovisual and digital hub, Garcia adds.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Content, which includes behind-the-scenes images from that shoot, will appear online, in stores and across Hollister’s marketing channels.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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The batteries are also expected to be smaller, lighter, and cheaper to produce than existing lithium-ion packs.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Just don't cut these hydrangeas back to the ground, because severe pruning will remove new buds that have formed on the old wood.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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With 8 hours of battery on a single charge and the case giving you 30 hours total, these buds are built to keep up with your entire week.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These incremental steps have helped the coffee chain stem a sales decline in China since earlier this year, with comparable sales returning to growth in the past two quarters.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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In the short run, that can put a pinch on job growth.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Sprout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprout. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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