1
as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children
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2
as in infant
a recently born person
wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold
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3
as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world
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Recent Examples of child
Rihanna and her children, Riot Rose Mayers and RZA Athelston Mayers, arrive in style at the Los Angeles premiere of Paramount Pictures' Smurfs on July 13.
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 14 July 2025
That may involve preventing children from accessing the entire site or app, or only some parts or kinds of content.
—ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
Central to his story is his birth on the dying planet Krypton and his arrival as an outsider to Kansas, and the creators of the comic, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, are children of European Jewish immigrants.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Leaving could also result in a divorce or a custody battle over children that could take many years to untangle.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 July 2025
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 14 July 2025
That may involve preventing children from accessing the entire site or app, or only some parts or kinds of content.
—ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
Central to his story is his birth on the dying planet Krypton and his arrival as an outsider to Kansas, and the creators of the comic, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, are children of European Jewish immigrants.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Leaving could also result in a divorce or a custody battle over children that could take many years to untangle.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for child
Noun
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This is children's reporter Rachel Wegner, here with the latest on schools, kids and more.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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How many kids can one person chaperone at the Indiana State Fair?—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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This program sequenced the genomes of 100,000 infants to screen for over 200 rare, treatable genetic conditions.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Blake’s parents, wife and infant daughter are joining him, while Swanson mentioned his whole family is tagging along.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
Noun
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But expect the outcome of the race to potentially be controversial.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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In the pilot program, the U.S. Department of Education offered Pell grants for short-term training for students who wouldn’t otherwise qualify and compared their outcomes to those without grants.—
Natalie Yahr,
jsonline.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The identity of the baby has yet to be released, but a law enforcement source told WGN-TV that the child and the woman were related.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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During pregnancy, support is often limited to monitoring the baby's development, with relatively little attention paid to the mother's health unless overt complications arise.—
Ashley Austin,
Time,
20 July 2025
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Homelessness, housing costs hit record-high levels nationwide The Department of Housing and Urban Development won't release the 2025 point-in-time count results until the end of this year, but the most recent data shows that homelessness is rising even faster across the U.S. than in Indianapolis.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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The result is billions of public dollars spent with little visibility into what’s working.—
Matt Gandal,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Some of the parents who say their toddlers were abused by employees at Parker-Chase Preschool in Roswell, about an hour north of Atlanta, were in the courtroom Monday waiting to voice their opposition to the pretrial diversion deals when Carnesale recused herself instead.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 July 2025
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In 1942, the mother of a toddler was given a shocking order: She was told that her child must be sent to a detention facility without her.—
Sacha Pfeiffer,
NPR,
22 July 2025
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After cooling, the resultant solid was ground into powder to produce the final pigment.—
Jay Kakade
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
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So, the $1,000 grant is really just a redistribution from taxpayers and lenders to newborns, which is neutral in terms of efficiency.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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For parents already stretched thin, especially in households with newborns, this device can take on a sizable mental and physical load.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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“Child.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/child. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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