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as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot
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Recent Examples of sprout
Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
But the tender green sprouts pushing through the earth at Red Fire Farm don’t know anything about that.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2025
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Moderate temperatures and regular rainfall spur the new seed to sprout quickly, shrinking the window in which birds can devour it.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
By the time the bugle sounds at the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3, 2025, more than 3,000 pounds of shrimp, 3,120 pounds of Brussels sprouts, 50,000 liters of bourbon, and 28,730 bunches of mint will have passed through the kitchens of Churchill Downs.
—Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
But the tender green sprouts pushing through the earth at Red Fire Farm don’t know anything about that.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
This is where a leaf was present and a bud could sprout to form a new shoot.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Moderate temperatures and regular rainfall spur the new seed to sprout quickly, shrinking the window in which birds can devour it.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprout
Noun
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For Stowell, his wife and three kids, including his son who was younger than 10, entrance to Hollywood Studios cost $974.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The clinics will also include financial education resources for kids and families that will be delivered through the lens of basketball.—
Caroline Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Is Delia permanently out on a narrative limb, with no further questions?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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One tip came in anonymously with surveillance footage that showed a similar man cutting a limb from a tree at the corner of North Figueroa Street and West Avenue 26 in broad daylight.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
Verb
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Gonzalez’s son, Marcelo, has assisted with germinating the seeds and meticulously manages the nursery every day.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Carrot seeds will germinate in 10 to 21 days and go from seed to harvest in 50 to 75 days.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While recording a commercial focused on hopes for one’s children, the script struck a personal chord.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Ventura is pregnant with her third child with her husband Alex Fine, who is present in the courtroom Thursday.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The six-week shoot took place on location in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Kent.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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Scroll on below for a few glimpses from Tems’ shoot and click here to see the Pinterest board in full.—
James Dinh,
Billboard,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Often, knockout competition can produce the ‘wrong’ winners, but this World Cup was decided by a league table, which tends to favour the better sides on paper, and Brazil still couldn’t get over the line.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The Lome, Togo native produced 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 19.3 minutes per game over his lone season as a starter for the Huskies.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
Noun
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If branch tips are flexible and show new buds, growth may resume.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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Wearing a white, or sometimes yellow if there were no white, rose bud meant that your mother now resided in heaven.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The Fed, which cuts rates to boost a flagging economy and raises them to fight inflation, could await more clarity as tariffs both drive up inflation and weaken growth – an unusual tandem.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The terminal rate is the point at which interest rates do not act as headwinds for economic growth, and are consistent with allowing the central bank to achieve its inflation target.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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“Sprout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprout. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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