as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood
come over here, sonny, and help me clean up
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Noun
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Now Burke, 25, is making his own opening-day start and is ready to show that White Sox management was not taking a risk on a kid who barely has had a cup of coffee in the big leagues.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025 -
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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Most fatefully, one night when Alden was a lad, his mom drove him home while drunk.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Mar. 2025
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While Best was too cool, and Charlton too straight, Law was the cheeky and abrasive lad, forever grateful to be on the pitch and giving everything.—
Sam Pilger,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Demonstrating the rising talent of these teenagers, these shorts encompass thought-provoking scripts, breathtaking and delightful cinematography, rich stop-motion animation, and genre-pushing meditations.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2025
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The teenager’s body has been released by the forensic medical teams in Costa Rica and the US Embassy in that country is handling the process of bringing Miller’s remains back to the US, according to Juan Pablo Alvarado, an official in OIJ’s press office.—
Ana Melgar Zuniga and Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Sonny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonny. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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