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also kiddy
as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
there are plenty of attractions at the state fair that will amuse the kiddies
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Recent Examples of kiddie
Empty bird baths, kiddie pools, buckets and plant saucers every few days.
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Ryan Brennan
april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Live music for kiddies caused tots to dance to the sounds of the duet ButterBean.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Shuckle Bucks are an easy way to pay and play any activities not covered under general admission such as face painting, cow train, corn cannon, kiddie zip line and more.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
However, ethereum has faced a lot of competition, particularly from the cool kiddies in Solana-town.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kiddie
Ryan Brennan
april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Live music for kiddies caused tots to dance to the sounds of the duet ButterBean.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Shuckle Bucks are an easy way to pay and play any activities not covered under general admission such as face painting, cow train, corn cannon, kiddie zip line and more.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
However, ethereum has faced a lot of competition, particularly from the cool kiddies in Solana-town.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kiddie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiddie
Noun
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School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Bell-to-bell phone bans are among the strategies proposed in a new Surgeon General's advisory warning of the threat excessive screen time can pose to kids.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Whether a minor or an adult, that child has lost a parent and has a right to mourn and needs the mother to be there.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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More strikes were reported in southern Lebanon earlier today, with the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reporting that civil defense teams recovered the bodies of four people, including children, after an airstrike hit a residential house in the town of Adloun.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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“Kiddie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiddie. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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