as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
that sitcom star is still a bud, so all he needs right now are looks and personality
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Recent Examples of bud
Arkansas Online, 22 May 2026
As well as a smart screen in the charger case, these Liberty buds ship with Anker’s new Thus chipset, which offers on-device AI features for audio processing.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
The sap run from the maple trees has started to dwindle as the branches begin to bud out.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Each plant was covered in wonderfully smelling blooms, and even more buds.
—Arkansas Online, 22 May 2026
As well as a smart screen in the charger case, these Liberty buds ship with Anker’s new Thus chipset, which offers on-device AI features for audio processing.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Verb
Trees, not knowing the calendar date, began to bud in early March.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
The sap run from the maple trees has started to dwindle as the branches begin to bud out.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud
Noun
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School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Bell-to-bell phone bans are among the strategies proposed in a new Surgeon General's advisory warning of the threat excessive screen time can pose to kids.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Water and flowering trees make the place feel like an Old-World safari camp.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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My mother planted every rosebush and flowering vine in the garden, her knees in the dirt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Whether a minor or an adult, that child has lost a parent and has a right to mourn and needs the mother to be there.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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More strikes were reported in southern Lebanon earlier today, with the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reporting that civil defense teams recovered the bodies of four people, including children, after an airstrike hit a residential house in the town of Adloun.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Verb
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But overall, the economy blossomed in the mid to long term.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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That interaction blossomed into a global movement, led by Petrini, which champions eating locally, seasonally, and communally.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Over several days in the country, the trip — Stefano Ricci’s ninth — spanned the Tarangire region guarded by the Maasai, and the Serengeti national park with its rich wildlife, including leopards and families of lions and lionesses and their cubs appearing in campaign imagery.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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The six-month-old cub's unexplained presence in New York's largest urban green space gave rise to a 10-year mystery.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Choose bulbs that bloom in late winter, early spring, and late spring to extend the show.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 June 2026
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The South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society welcomes UC Davis Botanical Conservatory director Ernesto Sandoval for a presentation about propagating and cultivating the winter-blooming bulbs.—
Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The restaurant is flashier and more glamorous than the original, with moody black floors, discreetly spotlit tables, mirrored ceilings, and walls leafed in living greenery.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
24 May 2026
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In spring, when the trees start to leaf, Cedar Mountain comes alive with toe-tapping music, pottery studios, galleries and locals who welcome you in.—
Belinda Luksic,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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“Bud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bud. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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