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
Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
That stunts growth and cuts off buds that would otherwise produce the beautiful full flowering displays of natural azalea.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
The Flip Off star, 41, shared a life update amid a number of big changes — wrapping filming for the HGTV series, her ongoing divorce from her estranged husband Josh Hall and her budding romance with new boyfriend Christopher Larocca.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Botanists have been trekking to the Valley of Flowers for decades, studying its myriad buds—around 500 species of flowering plants—and long before that, yogis and poets made the epic pilgrimage.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
That stunts growth and cuts off buds that would otherwise produce the beautiful full flowering displays of natural azalea.
—Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
The cap removal will allow the bank to expand budding parts of its business mix such as investment banking, further diversifying the company’s revenue streams.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
The Flip Off star, 41, shared a life update amid a number of big changes — wrapping filming for the HGTV series, her ongoing divorce from her estranged husband Josh Hall and her budding romance with new boyfriend Christopher Larocca.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud
Noun
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The massacre, which also wounded 21 people, became a blueprint for dozens of copycats and shattered the notion that kids were safe in school.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Below, here are all of the comments Elon Musk has made about his ever-growing number of kids.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Since the early 1900s, the flowering vines have hung above the museum’s courtyard for about three weeks at the start of spring.—
Boston Herald staff,
Boston Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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On March 20, the actress shared a carousel of photos on Instagram celebrating the flowering season’s arrival.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The dangers of children having phones at school is another issue the show tackles, albeit subtly.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Born in Georgia, Ridley was the seventh of eight children, and born on Dec. 21, 1952.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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What began as a single bucket of blooms gifted by her grandmother has blossomed into a sprawling garden with over 400 rosebushes.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Southeastern Conference had blossomed into perhaps the nation’s best basketball league, and Texas A&M’s resources are seemingly unlimited.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's question Tuesday about whether the mama bear may have been defending her cub.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
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In most attacks, bears are trying to defend their food, cubs or space.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But remember, don't spray when the trees are blooming because neem oil is toxic to bees.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the season, viewers witnessed the pair’s friendship evolve into a blooming relationship.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
11 Apr. 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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