as in kids
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 buds
Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 2 June 2026
Oliver and Colbert are old buds, both from the Jon Stewart Daily Show family tree.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Remove the burlap when the buds begin to swell.
—Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 29 May 2026
But a closer look reveals missing buds, blossoms and small fruit damage caused by a sudden freeze after an unusually warm stretch of weather between April 19 and April 21.
—Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Dig down to where suckers grow from rootstock and pull them off with a downward motion; that removes growth buds that would have produced additional suckers in subsequent years.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
The Apple AirPods Pro 3 buds give you two times more noise cancellation over previous models for deep distraction-free listening.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
Sand-colored houses are nestled among dense fields and solitary bushes, each laden with verdant green leaves and the promising blushing buds of Damask rose.
—Amelia Dhuga, Vogue, 25 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
Noun
Pruning in early summer gives the plant enough time to heal and set new buds.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 2 June 2026
Oliver and Colbert are old buds, both from the Jon Stewart Daily Show family tree.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
Remove the burlap when the buds begin to swell.
—Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 29 May 2026
But a closer look reveals missing buds, blossoms and small fruit damage caused by a sudden freeze after an unusually warm stretch of weather between April 19 and April 21.
—Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Dig down to where suckers grow from rootstock and pull them off with a downward motion; that removes growth buds that would have produced additional suckers in subsequent years.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
The Apple AirPods Pro 3 buds give you two times more noise cancellation over previous models for deep distraction-free listening.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
Sand-colored houses are nestled among dense fields and solitary bushes, each laden with verdant green leaves and the promising blushing buds of Damask rose.
—Amelia Dhuga, Vogue, 25 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buds
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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The solution may involve options that aren’t their first choice, like a day or two in daycare per week, but are still healthy for the kids.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Verb
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This plant flowers year-round and, like all abutilon cultivars, is not water needy.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The couple has been married since 2016 and shares three children.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
4 June 2026
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For one, as University of British Columbia dean of the faculty of dentistry Mary MacDougall told New Scientist last year, the approach may only work in children, who still have plenty of dental epithelial cells, which play a foundational role in the development of teeth.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Cherry blossoms great guests at the front foyer.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The first season is set in Texas from 1993 to 1995 and follows a socially awkward teen girl (Chiara Aurelia) who suddenly blossoms and rises in the social ranks after a popular classmate (Olivia Holt) disappears.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Nestled between the layers is a genuinely heartfelt story that blooms from beneath all the aesthetic and verbal vulgarity, thus making innate, and intuitive, his ongoing, ever-evolving manifesto on the state of things.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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What color blooms your hydrangeas will deliver is dependent on the pH level of the soil in which it's planted.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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“Buds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buds. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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