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
Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 17 May 2025
Fortunately your plant is likely loaded with more shoots and a lot more buds.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Longtime Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi forfeited his nation's budding nuclear program in exchange for better ties with the U.S. in 2003, the same year the U.S. invaded Iraq and toppled President Saddam Hussein over allegations of weapons of mass destruction.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Noun
These are our favorite buds that will never, ever get tangled.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 17 May 2025
Fortunately your plant is likely loaded with more shoots and a lot more buds.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Verb
By now, the link between science, research and cooking was clear to the budding chef.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Longtime Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi forfeited his nation's budding nuclear program in exchange for better ties with the U.S. in 2003, the same year the U.S. invaded Iraq and toppled President Saddam Hussein over allegations of weapons of mass destruction.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud
Noun
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During his absence, his wife and kids have formed an unconventional family unit, and Hampton’s return spins their world into chaos.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
18 June 2025
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My kids officially gained a new best friend, and he's gained a whole new life.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Verb
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This perennial is drought tolerant and has a very long bloom time, flowering all summer long.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
20 June 2025
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Deer tend to leave these beautiful flowering vines alone.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2025
Noun
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He was hired to perform an autopsy on the child, who died while Ross was in delivery.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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Being a child, over 65 or pregnant puts you at greater risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.—
Joel Shannon,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
Verb
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Vitriolic rivalries have blossomed between its astronomers and prominent scientific figures.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
22 June 2025
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Famous for its photogenic waterfalls and blossoming fruit orchards, the Hardanger region is a favorite among Norwegians for its richness in both natural beauty and cultural heritage.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
Noun
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The cubs were eating solid food already, including a small bird called a wagtail and a woolly rhinoceros—probably a younger rhino brought down by adults in the pack.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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The Cheetah Rescue and Conservation Centre recently welcomed four new cubs, all siblings.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
14 June 2025
Verb
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We’re fed Apollo Bar highlights like a salad rosso, a globe of radicchio segmented with chunks of blood orange, a blooming artichoke, and seasonal strawberry ice-cream cake.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s never been a mess as pendejo as the one stirred up this week by Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 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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