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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2
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 this documentary, Jason’s wife and children reflect on the elusive truths behind their seemingly fairytale life.
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 3 May 2025
The Hartford Fire Department’s Special Services Unit is working with the American Red Cross to assist the six families (12 adults and five children) that were displaced.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
And eccentric middle child Judy (Edi Patterson) is wearing a power-clashing skirt suit straight out of the 1980s.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Keith is survived by his wife, Tricia, three children and four grandchildren.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 3 May 2025
The Hartford Fire Department’s Special Services Unit is working with the American Red Cross to assist the six families (12 adults and five children) that were displaced.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
And eccentric middle child Judy (Edi Patterson) is wearing a power-clashing skirt suit straight out of the 1980s.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Keith is survived by his wife, Tricia, three children and four grandchildren.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for child
Noun
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As a kid, my fondest wish was to take up less space in the world.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Not to a kid like that that has been working their whole life and been told that Deion’s kids are never going to be as good as him.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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Within a week, a woman living on E. 130th St. reported hearing an infant wailing in an apartment occupied by a young widow, Carmela Marzano.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2025
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Trinity County authorities continued search and rescue operations Friday for the body of an infant who was swept away from his father’s arms after their four-door sedan veered off the highway and into the Trinity River.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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But perhaps the most classically Franciscan outcome of the choice was that the Pope’s body had to be driven away from the Vatican grounds, across the Tiber, and through the streets of Rome.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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But authentic, demonstrable progress: proof of better outcomes, built on real expertise.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Inside are nestled a half-dozen standard-size dumplings of your choice, like nothing so much as a clutch of tiny, steamy babies, with a few drifts of black pepper freshly ground over the top.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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President Gerald Ford holds a Vietnamese baby on an Air Force bus in California in April 1975.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2025
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The result is a string of entrepreneurial successes that continues to reverberate across some of the most critical areas of the 21st-century business landscape.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Both Microsoft and Meta will report quarterly results after the bell Wednesday. — CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Pia Singh, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Kevin Breuninger, Annie Palmer, Jordan Novet, Jonathan Vanian and Amelia Lucas contributed to this report.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Police arrested a Florida woman after neighbors noticed naked toddlers wandering around their neighborhood.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The toddler had wandered away from his home in Seligman, Arizona, about 180 miles southeast of Las Vegas, and into rough terrain, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Show how data from customers/employees contributes to product innovations; present plans for sharing resultant value. 2.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the resultant structure was coated in potassium hydroxide, which washes away less stable structures and leaves behind thousands of microscopic pores.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
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Parents could no longer reliably count on herd immunity to keep newborns too young to vaccinate safe from the disease.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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An officer then went into a bedroom and found a teen holding the newborn wrapped in a towel, KOLN reported.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Child.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/child. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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