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
Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
The Alps are an extremely sensitive ecosystem affected by climate change more than other regions in the world, mainly due to an increasing number of extreme weather events, such as hail or early periods of warm weather that may lead to early bud burst.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Amidst them is James Ogden, whose lifelong fascination with the draft has led him to evaluate budding young prospects and write reports from his corner of the United Kingdom for almost two decades.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Noun
These buds are made for Android users who want voice control baked into their daily routine.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
The Alps are an extremely sensitive ecosystem affected by climate change more than other regions in the world, mainly due to an increasing number of extreme weather events, such as hail or early periods of warm weather that may lead to early bud burst.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
Harden and Braun were in each other's face before Jokic budded in to defuse the situation.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Amidst them is James Ogden, whose lifelong fascination with the draft has led him to evaluate budding young prospects and write reports from his corner of the United Kingdom for almost two decades.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud
Noun
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For Stowell, his wife and three kids, including his son who was younger than 10, entrance to Hollywood Studios cost $974.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The rooms were basic, and the few guests were scrappy club kids taking a break from Ibiza to work on their tans.—
Julia Chaplin,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Spanish arthouse has flowered again in Spain, especially from a new generation of filmmakers.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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Whether depicting bustling city scenes, quiet temples, or flowering birds, Hiroshige’s prints spoke to a broad audience—creating accessible art that crossed class boundaries and elevated everyday life.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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While recording a commercial focused on hopes for one’s children, the script struck a personal chord.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Ventura is pregnant with her third child with her husband Alex Fine, who is present in the courtroom Thursday.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Trading the pick would mean giving up the opportunity to draft Cooper Flagg, the consensus top prospect and a player many pundits believe will blossom into a superstar.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2025
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Unlike earlier digital platforms, which blossomed under minimal government intervention, most of today’s frontier technologies—such as aerospace, AI, biotech, energy, and quantum computing—actively require implicit or explicit state backing to scale up.—
Ian Bremmer,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Many clouded leopards refuse to raise their cubs in captivity, said Melissa McCartney, senior manager of animal care.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2025
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The bear growled, huffed and clacked her teeth — making sure her message of getting away from her cubs got across.—
Benjamin Alva Polley,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
Verb
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Other flowers, like roses, bloom best in soil that is closer to neutral.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
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At the attached teahouse, enjoy the infinitely blooming flowers projected into your cup. Art and Museums in New York City A guide to the shows, exhibitions and artists shaping the city’s cultural landscape.—
Lisa Lucas,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
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“Bud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bud. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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