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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Julie Andrews as Maria Andrews starred as Maria, the precocious and inspirational governess who helps the von Trapp kids learn to embrace music and family — and later becomes their stepmother.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Rocky Gap participates in the Maryland Park Service's Scales & Tales education program for kids.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 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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Make your 100 percent tax-deductible donation today to help UNICEF reach more children in need.—
UNICEF USA,
Forbes,
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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There are at least three different episodes that feature mama bears coming out of hibernation and looking for different ways to feed her twin — always twin — cubs.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2025
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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
Verb
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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
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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
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 6 Mar. 2025.
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