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Recent Examples of child The 55-year-old musician kept the elopement a secret from her parents and children for nearly two decades before choosing to open up about the moment on live TV. Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025 What To Know In a statement to Newsweek, a spokesperson for the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the flights carried 201 Colombian nationals, including men, women and children. Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 The Hindu family, in other words, will not be coerced into sending their children to the Lutheran school in the sense that they will be tossed into jail if their kids go to the secular school. Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025 The San Francisco cliffside home where comedian and actor Robin Williams and his then-wife Marsha Garces Williams raised their three children has sold for $18.1 million. David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for child 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for child
Noun
  • But then, footage from her own surveillance cameras shows the kids deliberately taunting her, shaking their butts in her direction.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Kim Whitman, co-founder of the Phone Free Schools Movement, said the issue is catching on because parents and teachers in both red and blue states are struggling with the consequences of kids on mobile devices.
    Andrew Demillo, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Randy Jones, former San Diego Padre and National League Cy Young Award Winner, will once again join forces with Home of Guiding Hands to support over 4,700 infants, adolescents, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during this run/walk event.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
  • At the time, Colorado had recorded 25 cases, including seven infants who were stillborn or died within months of birth from complications of the infection, and Herlihy said that the state could have more than 100 cases if nothing changed.
    Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • One of these customs was tied to the weather: the weather on Candlemas would determine the outcome of the remainder of winter.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Which is a lot more important than the outcome of one politician’s case.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Baby Gear According to Schoen, donating your strollers and baby swings may work for smaller organizations (call first to confirm) but places like Goodwill and the Salvation Army can’t accept them.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2025
  • In 2007, its baby cereal product was recalled due to possible choking hazards.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The use of military flights is the result of an executive order Trump signed earlier this week.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The surge in scoring and in 3s is not just a result of analytics.
    Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While toddlers are known to be busy, the mom of two, 39, noticed that her daughter Mae, 3, was quiet all morning, after dropping off her older daughter Helen, 6, at school.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • As a mom to both a tween and a toddler, Johansson tackles a range of parenting topics from bedtime stories to handling feelings of exclusion—and even offering early lessons in dating advice.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Finally, the resultant structure was coated in potassium hydroxide, which washes away less stable structures and leaves behind thousands of microscopic pores.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Designers had initially hoped to tunnel beneath the rail line, but UP refused permission, the resultant bridge adding well over $15 million to the project cost, according to Ellerman.
    Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
Noun
  • Beatrice shared a sweet photo of her newborn wrapped in a blanket with her hand over her face, in a nod to her respect for her child's privacy.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, shortages of antibacterial materials can increase the risk of sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis among newborns, Maram Al Shurafa, an aid worker for the NGO, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in Gaza, told CNN.
    Ibrahim Dahman, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025

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“Child.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/child. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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