1
as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children
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as in infant
a recently born person
wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold
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as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world
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Recent Examples of child
In a meta wink, True Whitaker — daughter of Forest — plays Alani, the child of a famous actor content with an obviously fake job at his production company; Charlie (Jordan Firstman, another savant of front-facing video) is a stylist who mostly spends his days managing the ego of various pop stars.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The motivation behind both Meyer-Harley’s and Sterling’s campaigns reflects wider concerns over children’s access to literature, particularly as states continue to adopt new restrictions.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The National Alliance for Caregiving provides specific guides for memory loss, mental illness and people caring for seriously ill children.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Her work also includes connecting children with tutoring and mentorship opportunities to ease their transition into U.S. schools.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The motivation behind both Meyer-Harley’s and Sterling’s campaigns reflects wider concerns over children’s access to literature, particularly as states continue to adopt new restrictions.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The National Alliance for Caregiving provides specific guides for memory loss, mental illness and people caring for seriously ill children.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Her work also includes connecting children with tutoring and mentorship opportunities to ease their transition into U.S. schools.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for child
Noun
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The kids' club received an overhaul in 2018.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Proving that moms will do anything for their kids, Kim Kardashian joined North to dress up as her favorite TikTok stars, Jay Guapõ and Pink Cardigan.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, offers food benefits, breastfeeding services and nutrition education to 65,000 Arkansas women, infants and children younger than five.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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The infant could be heard making sounds of struggling to breathe as the officers continued CPR.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Further details about the outcome of the investigation have not yet been released.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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The family factor Though the researchers tried to weed out confounding factors in the study, some affected the outcomes regardless.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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After arriving at the residential property, a woman, who was not publicly identified, rushed toward him while carrying the limp baby in her arms.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Despite Rashida’s attempts at reason on behalf of Hamida, the elders take the baby away.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The co-hosts announced the results —a combination of judges' scores and live votes — in no particular order.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Chegg also sued Google in February, arguing that AI summaries of search results have hurt its traffic and sales.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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Zoey was allegedly diagnosed with Nursemaid’s elbow, a common elbow injury among young children and toddlers that occurs when a child’s elbow is pulled and one of the bones partially dislocates.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Nationally, Head Start serves roughly 750,000 infants, toddlers and preschool-age children, providing not just childcare and early learning but also free meals, health screenings and family support.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the US developed a thermochemical conversion process that doesn’t require the resultant fuel to be blended with fossil fuels.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Moyes and assistant McKinlay both remonstrated with the fourth official at the resultant flash of a yellow card.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Still, the closest Safe Haven Baby Box — where mothers unable to care for their newborns can safely drop them off, no questions asked — is in Savannah, Missouri, about an hour away.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Oct. 2025
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Federal data shows that WIC feeds more than 4 in 10 (41%) of all newborns in the United States.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Child.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/child. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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