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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
David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 1 June 2026
Change in the weather Thunderstorms are likely Tuesday night and chances sprout to 70% Wednesday and 80% Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
—Howard Cohen
june 1, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
Note that making cuts to privet will encourage it to sprout more.
—Sarah Everett, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
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Noun
Such a potato is cut up into sections, each having a sprout or two.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 1 June 2026
Change in the weather Thunderstorms are likely Tuesday night and chances sprout to 70% Wednesday and 80% Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
—Howard Cohen
june 1, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
Verb
Some of Weitz’s glitches seem to sprout off the guitar arrangements, adding unnerving shadows.
—Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
Note that making cuts to privet will encourage it to sprout more.
—Sarah Everett, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprout
Noun
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In that year in the United States the number of lost kids had dropped to just over two per hundred.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Children might get a teepee tent and toys, while older kids might have cards, board games, boogie boards, or a volleyball net.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The primary concern locally will be strong to damaging straight line winds capable of bringing down tree limbs and causing isolated power outages.—
Eric Fisher,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Branching is when an eaglet perches on the limb of a tree, and is an important developmental stage that usually occurs when chicks hit 9 weeks old.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Timing is critical for corn gluten to be effective, as seeds that have already germinated and formed roots will not be affected.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
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The overall feel is sleek, tactile, and somewhat restrained, letting heavily swung beats germinate to resolve tension.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
2 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
Noun
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Despite the detailed prop and set specs, the entire process was relatively speedy with development taking four-months, pre-production eight weeks and the shoot ten days spread over three weeks.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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But that inner child still had to contend with a tremendous amount of prep work to make sure everything ran smoothly on the day of the shoot.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
10 June 2026
Verb
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The second highest waste generator that year, Tesla’s plant in Fremont, produced 115,136 pounds of MMA waste, by comparison, records show.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Keeping with the old school vibe, the band pulled in old friends Joe Gittleman (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) and Matt Appleton (Reel Big Fish) to produce.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
Noun
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The nonalcoholic Racine is designed entirely around roots—ginger, vetiver, turmeric, liquorice—while the Feuille cocktail focuses solely on leaves, blending mint, blue spirulina, blackcurrant bud, aloe vera, and patchouli.—
Lane Nieset,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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In a 2021 study, the company demonstrated that its neutralizing antibody can suppress a protein, dubbed USAG-1, which inhibits the growth of tooth buds.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
Noun
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It wasn’t paid advertising or viral fame that catapulted her success—Sheehan credits her growth to word-of-mouth buzz.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Wage growth for blue-collar workers in China has outpaced that of their white-collar peers for six consecutive years, in a sign of the country’s booming gig economy.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
7 June 2026
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“Sprout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprout. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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