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 album also had the most-first day streams of a country album by a female artist on Amazon Music. Beyoncé—who shares daughter Blue Ivy and twins Rumi and Sir with her husband, the rapper Jay-Z—performed in Atlanta for four nights from July 10 to 14. Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025 Ullmann is the daughter of the late Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and the Norwegian actor Liv Ullmann, and specifics of her childhood are not difficult to locate. Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025 My seatmate nods, smiling, even her daughter looks up from her iPad. Rebecca Chace july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025 Earl then quietly continued the tradition, asking each of Sofia's teachers—year after year—to write a message for her daughter. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for daughter
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Noun
  • The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and Elmore County paramedics responded to a call at 1:47 p.m. Saturday about an object piercing a windshield and injuring a child, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news release.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2025
  • Around this time, a person broke a window and successfully rescued a child from the home while flames began to spread, police said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The podcast tells a great story that will engage all ages—but especially kids interested in outer space (and what kid isn’t?).
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • The watch incentivizes kids to charge and wear their smartwatch with a gaming platform called Fitbit Arcade, and includes data in the very reasonable $10/month subscription plan.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025

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“Daughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daughter. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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