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as in kids
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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as in infants
a recently born person
wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold
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as in outcomes
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 children
Gregory was one of seven children in the family.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Even those who want children and become pregnant face the risks of miscarriages without medical intervention.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The children will peel potatoes to help make latkes from scratch to dine on after the lighting of the menorah.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
The parents instead spend a night helping their kids to choose toys for other children and another night working with them on an arts and crafts project.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban transgender medical care for children.
—CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
At his side were his wife, Carolyn, and children Lizzie and Griffin.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
As if the children of the Jews who have built so much of and in Chicago were merely an afterthought.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Even those who want children and become pregnant face the risks of miscarriages without medical intervention.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The children will peel potatoes to help make latkes from scratch to dine on after the lighting of the menorah.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
The parents instead spend a night helping their kids to choose toys for other children and another night working with them on an arts and crafts project.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban transgender medical care for children.
—CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
At his side were his wife, Carolyn, and children Lizzie and Griffin.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
As if the children of the Jews who have built so much of and in Chicago were merely an afterthought.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for children
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Now they're also being used to try to bring about outcomes no jurist can hand down in judgment.Felix Salmon, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
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Strategic patience will likely soften Moscow's position and ensure better outcomes.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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This divide has serious consequences for gender equality and economic opportunity.Joseph Cimpian, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
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Both threatened the store clerk with guns, but Stanley was the only one to face consequences for the robbery.Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Any toy with small pieces, like dolls' accessories or Legos, can present a choking and aspiration hazard, especially for toddlers.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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Three other tents house a mail room, caseworkers and a cafeteria, where Venezuelan toddlers rub shoulders with Asian children over blaring salsa music.Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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As for Credo’s own line, the new body products feature a proprietary sugar kelp extract that was ethically harvested in Maine by Atlantic Sea Farms, as well as mineral-rich sea water and a ferment of spirulina, seaweed and sea lettuce.James Manso, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
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Industry sources estimate the products’ first-year sales will come in around $1 million.James Manso, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
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Initially, the vaccine was only recommended for girls, which made people unaware that boys and men are also eligible, experts said.Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
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Near the water pipes that supply the camp, boys come to fill up smaller tanks and to chase each other in the desert.Jane Arraf, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Children.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/children. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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