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
Tablet holders, toys for babies, writing tablets and audiobooks all go a long way in adding some fun to the road trip for the kiddos.
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Christopher Murray, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
This question is perhaps most pressing for Gen Z kiddos.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
The super-durable, easy to clean material makes sense for highly trafficked areas of the house and the neutral colorway looks great long after your kiddo has grown out of it.
—Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2025
For the last few years, my grownup kiddo and I have carved out a weekend in Palm Springs to hike, bike, hit the museums and shops and dine around town.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Christopher Murray, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
This question is perhaps most pressing for Gen Z kiddos.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
The super-durable, easy to clean material makes sense for highly trafficked areas of the house and the neutral colorway looks great long after your kiddo has grown out of it.
—Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2025
For the last few years, my grownup kiddo and I have carved out a weekend in Palm Springs to hike, bike, hit the museums and shops and dine around town.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiddo
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The massacre, which also wounded 21 people, became a blueprint for dozens of copycats and shattered the notion that kids were safe in school.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Below, here are all of the comments Elon Musk has made about his ever-growing number of kids.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Most of the justices sounded sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want their elementary school children excused from class when the books are being read.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The surface contained scores of portraits made by children with baker’s clay, then turned into 42 bronze panels.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Kiddo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiddo. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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