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Recent Examples of bud
Noun
Keke Palmer and Stephanie Hsu give voice to space-alien surgeons and best buds who work at the titular intergalactic facility, operating on all manner of bizarre life forms. Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024 The bloom season begins with dark rose-purple buds that appear in winter. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
With President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House later this month, cannabis company executives, advocates and lawyers are optimistic about 2025 being a good year for the budding industry. Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 Joumana explained to me that the festival’s original intention was not only to promote Lebanon on a global stage, but also to orient its budding national character toward Europe, an effort for which the recognizable heritage of the Roman ruins offered the ideal venue. Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bud 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud
Noun
  • As the years went on, Underwood began to occasionally share a rare grid photo of her kids — but most of them would be via her Instagram Story; photos that would expire after 24 hours.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • On a regular day to get the kids out and on their way, my alarm is set to 6:55.
    Eileen Finan, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Different varieties flower from fall to early spring.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
  • After decades dominated by one or two stars –Herbie Mann in the 1960s, Hubert Laws and Bobbi Humphrey in the ‘70s, and James Newton in the ‘80s — the flute has fully flowered in jazz since the ‘90s, led by Baum, Nicole Mitchell, Ali Ryerson and most recently Berkeley-reared Elena Pinderhughes.
    Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Palestinian children gather to receive food aid today in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The rankings don’t include specialty hospitals, including children’s hospitals such as Nicklaus near South Miami or Joe DiMaggio in Hollywood.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In Okinawa, the 2025 season runs from late January to early February, promising picturesque festival displays, Hanami (cherry blossom viewing picnics), tea ceremonies and less crowds.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The pair's friendship blossomed into romance in high school.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Any cubs born overseas would remain Chinese property.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
  • See them In Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan National Park, wildlife officials were thrilled to spot a mother sun bear and her cub, a rare sighting for this vulnerable species.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Production in those countries is blooming right now.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Anyone can enter camellia blooms for the show or browse from the plant sale.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.
    Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.
    Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023

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