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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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
Steven Pilar, 47, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography late last year.
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Only some of this gets better when your child does.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
One officer stayed with the child while others asked LaPlaca questions and conducted a field sobriety test.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Some have children at home and the income from low-wage jobs doesn’t cover the cost of childcare.
—Peter Ubel, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Only some of this gets better when your child does.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025
One officer stayed with the child while others asked LaPlaca questions and conducted a field sobriety test.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Some have children at home and the income from low-wage jobs doesn’t cover the cost of childcare.
—Peter Ubel, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for child
Noun
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Lourd added that their kids often climb into bed with them at night.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The interaction between Bascombe and Adam depicts the challenges for parents looking to decode kids’ online language.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One Jewish mother, afraid for her infant son, bravely floated him down the Nile River in a basket.—
Holly Rizzuto Palker,
Parents,
27 Mar. 2025
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The image of an infant wearing a white outfit and swaddled in a pink blanket looked much like that was taken by Princess Beatrice's husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and released by Buckingham Palace to announce Athena's birth in January.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Much depends on what offers are forthcoming but the most likely outcome currently is that Nunez leaves this summer and Liverpool bring someone in to provide greater competition alongside Jota.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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Further studies are necessary to compare the effects of these two dosing regimens on clinical outcomes.—
Staff Author,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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She was killed, but her baby was spared any injury — and all of it was captured by a police street camera.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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The actress, 44, welcomed her fourth baby, her third with her director husband Thomas Kail, PEOPLE has learned.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Pitching was considered more of a question mark going into this season with injuries to Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea along with the losses of Luis Severino and Jose Quintana in free agency, but the results are a good development.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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However, last year’s results show there is still a gap of nearly one-third from this goal, which has heightened the expectations for 2025.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
6 Apr. 2025
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For instance, François Boucher’s eighteenth-century paintings of toddlers engaged in the work of scientists, artists, and philosophers previously formed an odd parenthetical downstairs.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Danielle and Richard each had one young child at the time — a toddler and a teen, respectively.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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Show how data from customers/employees contributes to product innovations; present plans for sharing resultant value. 2.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the resultant structure was coated in potassium hydroxide, which washes away less stable structures and leaves behind thousands of microscopic pores.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
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The newborn made his arrival at 5:37 a.m. on Saturday, March 29.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The rapper posted a black-and-white video on Thursday showing the newborn gripping his finger.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Child.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/child. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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