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as in kids
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 infants
a recently born person
wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold
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as in outcomes
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 children
In August, the former professional football player filed for sole physical custody of his and Zolciak's children.
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Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Beatrice and Eugenie's children do not have royal titles and use their fathers' surnames, reflecting their parents' wishes to raise them largely outside formal royal life.
—Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Through music, dance, comedy, and their experiences, children discover friendship, kindness, and the wonders of nature.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Obesity tripled in children and doubled in adults between the mid-1970s and the early 2000s.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
All seven applicants have children who are enrolled in the Fayetteville School District.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Federline suggests in the book that the children had reason to be afraid of staying with Spears, who was placed under a conservatorship after the psychiatric hold.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
This moving real-life saga opens with a family—Evelyn and her five, soon to be six, children—living in a small city in California.
—The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Her fiancé at the time wasn't ready for children, but Zirkle didn't have time to wait.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Beatrice and Eugenie's children do not have royal titles and use their fathers' surnames, reflecting their parents' wishes to raise them largely outside formal royal life.
—Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Through music, dance, comedy, and their experiences, children discover friendship, kindness, and the wonders of nature.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Obesity tripled in children and doubled in adults between the mid-1970s and the early 2000s.
—Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
All seven applicants have children who are enrolled in the Fayetteville School District.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Federline suggests in the book that the children had reason to be afraid of staying with Spears, who was placed under a conservatorship after the psychiatric hold.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
This moving real-life saga opens with a family—Evelyn and her five, soon to be six, children—living in a small city in California.
—The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Her fiancé at the time wasn't ready for children, but Zirkle didn't have time to wait.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for children
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As my generation continues to age, many of our kids will eventually be monitoring us.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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To bring structure to their busy home, one Tennessee couple created a set of rules and expectations for their kids to follow.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Vaccines contain tiny amounts of aluminum that are comparable to what infants ingest through breast milk or formula.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
17 Oct. 2025
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For babies whose mother did not receive a maternal RSV vaccine, a monoclonal antibody shot is available for infants under 8 months old and for some children up to 19 months old.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
17 Oct. 2025
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What good outcomes could this rhetoric possibly create?—
Keith Wilson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Policymakers can put menopause care in the basic benefit package and require transparent reporting on access and outcomes.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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About one in five babies was born premature or underweight.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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During the first six months of life, babies receive about four milligrams of aluminum from vaccines, 10 milligrams from breast milk or 40 milligrams from regular formula.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
17 Oct. 2025
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That vote, however, was made with the recognition that a rejection would come with consequences.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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If the Education Department does not act before the end of the year, those borrowers could face steep consequences.—
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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This dance party for toddlers and preschoolers is packed with silly puppets, cheerful songs, and endless smiles!—
Sarah Z. Sleeper,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Mandell said claims that Tylenol increases autism rates in babies and toddlers are based on low-quality studies that don’t prove causation.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
11 Oct. 2025
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That's based on the DNA results, the commission said in a news release Thursday afternoon.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
24 Oct. 2025
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There’s a lot going into those results.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Some of her products sold out within hours, even when Markle says her team assumed inventory would last weeks.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The researchers plan to explore embedding these hydrogels directly into products, improving stability, and scaling up production.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Children.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/children. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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