as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
that sitcom star is still a bud, so all he needs right now are looks and personality
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Recent Examples of bud
PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
In comics, Lord was a tech-savvy bud of the Justice League before turning heel.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Prince Louis is a budding photographer, taking after his mom, Kate Middleton!
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Sound: Missing the Beat Internally, the buds feature 9.5mm drivers, but Beats doesn't disclose their frequency range.
—PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
In comics, Lord was a tech-savvy bud of the Justice League before turning heel.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
Another issue when working in the budding cannabis industry is how specialized the equipment can be.
—Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Prince Louis is a budding photographer, taking after his mom, Kate Middleton!
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud
Noun
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Scammers — with access to kids’ names and school information — are tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT and ACT prep materials.—
Jan Diaz,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Apolinario, meanwhile, has seen strong interest in another type of sitter—not for kids, but for dogs.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Plants flower profusely in mid-summer, with tiny pink to purple blooms covering the ground.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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The style of the shoes was frequently misaligned with the gender of the celebrity—Judy Garland, for example, was represented by a male cowboy boot with a feather and foil crest, while Truman Capote was awarded a woman’s shoe decorated with flowering vines.—
Richard Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Their adult children wept on the witness stand and spoke of their devastation.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The second is teaching children about consent and what healthy relationships look like.—
A.S. King,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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By the wee hours of the morning, the gentle murmur had blossomed into a throaty roar.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Feb. 2025
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Since joining Nottingham Forest, Anderson’s career has blossomed.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The zoo shared a clip of the cubs emerging from their private den with their mother Shala.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The zoo said they cannot be released back into the wild because cubs need at least two years with their mother to learn survival skills.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The annual wildflower blooming starting around mid-June is one of the best times to visit the area.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Come springtime in Dallas, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden bursts into vivid color, as cherry trees bloom alongside tulips.—
Alina Polishuk,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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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
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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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“Bud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bud. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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