Thesaurus results for DAUGHTERS

daughter

noun

Definition of daughter

as in child

a female human born to parents Their youngest daughter graduated from college this year.

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Recent Examples of daughter The film centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) – actress, writer and rally driver. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 July 2026 Eleanor Coppola accompanied her daughter on the set and shot about 80 hours of behind-the-scenes footage. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 July 2026 That relatively minor problem fades into the background when he’s suddenly called back to his hometown to raise an estranged teenage daughter (Hannah Elise Adolfsen Fjeldbraaten) who doesn’t want to know him. — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026 Zeimani, Kucha, and BG Womack are the daughters of Linda and Cecil Womack, who made R&B records in the Eighties. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for daughter

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Noun

Under the law, their children were deemed to be citizens at birth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Two adults and a child were injured by falling debris in Qatar as the country defended against Iranian attacks, its Ministry of Interior said Sunday.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 12 July 2026

Definition of child

Noun

A little girl was in her pajamas along with another woman, and authorities were trying to keep the girl inside crime scene tape that had been set up, Humiston said.

— Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 13 July 2026
Then comes another character, Bernard, also young and who, while bathing one day, swims into a girl called Huguette.

— André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of girl

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The politician started the team as a positive force for school-age kids, to keep kids in school, off drugs and out of gangs through athletic acrobatic practice and performance.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
These two summer nutrition programs work in concert to provide a solution to the long-standing challenge of summer hunger for kids.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2026

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