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 As the daughter of two classical singers, she was used to hanging around backstage and going along with the rhythm of theatrical days. — Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 The first step is convincing her 9-year-old daughter, Nina, that the earrings are worth a bit of pain. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Our first daughter, Ruby Natsuko, arrived on a Tuesday afternoon in late July. — Trinity Mouzon Wofford, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors said Saetern also threatened to rape, kill and mutilate his neighbor’s daughter. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for daughter

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Health experts are also pushing the government to expand the program to vaccinate children over five.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The driver was still in the truck, as were two children, Moses said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of child

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Such laws would require third-party audits of social media algorithms to identify any harmful patterns, such as serving eating-disorder content to young girls more than to other groups.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Two identical 64-year-old twins, both mid-sized, appeared alongside a zany mix of punky, straight and mid-size girls.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of girl

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Everyone thinks their kids’ slang is ridiculous and their parents’ politics naive.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Mitt reminds me of these famous sports dads — Earl Woods, Richard Williams, Marv Marinovich — who put a golf club or tennis racket or football in their kids’ cribs.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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