as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
let's go out to a restaurant where there won't be any screaming kiddos running around
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Recent Examples of kiddo
Once school is out and the kiddos are home, things can become chaotic, and summer camp can be expensive.
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Robin Westen, Parents, 21 May 2026
De-stress, increase energy or calm your kiddos with the best Olly has for mood.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Song is a longtime fan of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Lakers, sharing her love of the teams with her kiddos.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
The Olsen kiddos trying to close their front door to keep the sharks out is just as well-shot and grimly hilarious as Lisa readying to give birth as the floodwaters rise.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
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Robin Westen, Parents, 21 May 2026
De-stress, increase energy or calm your kiddos with the best Olly has for mood.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Song is a longtime fan of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Lakers, sharing her love of the teams with her kiddos.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
The Olsen kiddos trying to close their front door to keep the sharks out is just as well-shot and grimly hilarious as Lisa readying to give birth as the floodwaters rise.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiddo
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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
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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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“Kiddo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiddo. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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