as in kids
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them
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Recent Examples of chicks
For the past two years, biologists with the Pennsylvania Game Commission have banded chicks born in the nest.
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Cadbury mini eggs and chocolate chicks make a fun topping for the kids.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Because the tests took place within the chicks’ carefully supervised first hours of life outside their eggshell, this association between particular sounds and shapes couldn’t have been learned from experience.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
Then, the scientists presented the chicks with two panels, one decorated with a blob-like shape and one decorated with a spiky one.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Three randy, middle-aged white chicks (Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb) seek illicit thrills.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Apr. 2025
Mr Cañas-Valle identified 23 adults and four chicks nesting and roosting within a single cave on the Chimborazo volcano.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Cadbury mini eggs and chocolate chicks make a fun topping for the kids.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Because the tests took place within the chicks’ carefully supervised first hours of life outside their eggshell, this association between particular sounds and shapes couldn’t have been learned from experience.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
Then, the scientists presented the chicks with two panels, one decorated with a blob-like shape and one decorated with a spiky one.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Three randy, middle-aged white chicks (Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb) seek illicit thrills.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Apr. 2025
Mr Cañas-Valle identified 23 adults and four chicks nesting and roosting within a single cave on the Chimborazo volcano.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chicks
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In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party.—
Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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The kids naturally played hoops, too.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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The building had served for decades as the site of intake operations for single men and families without children, and, in addition to assigning people to shelters around the city, Bellevue itself also offered hundreds of beds.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Authorities in South Fulton are investigating a shooting near the 4200 block of Fortune Point that has left two juveniles dead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Podgorski said the juveniles who were arrested, ages 15 and 16, each face charges of first-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, stealing a firearm and conspiracy to steal a firearm.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Chicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicks. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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