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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of kid
Noun
The products range from food to kitchen items and kids' jewelry, and the recalls affect Kroger locations and its subsidiary stores nationwide. Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 My kids’ school put on a Father’s Day ‘store’ and my wife sends them in with $10 each, which usually (always) results in me getting socks and a coffee mug to unwrap on the big day. Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
But just kidding, actually $14 'cuz the orange tags were 50 percent off. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025 All kidding aside, Armstrong believes Steen will be ready in 2026. Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for kid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
Noun
  • Back in present day, each of their children lay their flower beside candles and a memorial photo as a sign of their eternal love.
    Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • On the face of things, this ruling handed a momentous win to Woldenberg, who attended the hearing with his wife and three grown children, all of whom work for the business.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • As teased in the final moments of season 2, the next chapter of The Last of Us will be centered primarily on Abby.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 June 2025
  • Richard first teased their move to his wife’s native Spain in an April 2024 interview with Vanity Fair Spain, despite having lived in the United States since they got married in 2018.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Many joked that Tesla was now going to face hostility from all sides of the political spectrum.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • President Donald Trump’s administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelan deportees to languish in Salvadoran prisons this year, joking with Mr. Bukele in the oval office in April about imprisoning U.S. citizens in El Salvador as well.
    Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025

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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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