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
Shalwah Evans, People.com, 25 May 2025
Frequently Asked Questions In nature, the plant’s buds form when the days shorten in fall, and the Christmas cactus receives about 12 hours of darkness daily.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Beer started playing the piano a couple of years ago, so Petzold decided to build the script around Laura as a piano student, who eventually brings her budding musicality into Betty’s life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
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Noun
One shopper, who was impressed with the quality even after a year, said that the buds even withstood being accidentally thrown into the wash cycle.
—Shalwah Evans, People.com, 25 May 2025
Frequently Asked Questions In nature, the plant’s buds form when the days shorten in fall, and the Christmas cactus receives about 12 hours of darkness daily.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Verb
The winning payoff: a two-week residency in a gorgeous English countryside manor alongside other budding authors.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Beer started playing the piano a couple of years ago, so Petzold decided to build the script around Laura as a piano student, who eventually brings her budding musicality into Betty’s life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud
Noun
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The products range from food to kitchen items and kids' jewelry, and the recalls affect Kroger locations and its subsidiary stores nationwide.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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To date, Victoria’s Voice Foundation has positively impacted over 1.5 million parents and children through its education programs, including one designed to help parents recognize the warning signs of risk and drug use in their kids — the very signs David and I missed so many years ago.—
Jackie Siegel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025
Verb
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As temperatures increase, so will flowering and fruiting.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Most home plantings need well over a year to grow large enough to flower and fruit.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Back in present day, each of their children lay their flower beside candles and a memorial photo as a sign of their eternal love.—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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On the face of things, this ruling handed a momentous win to Woldenberg, who attended the hearing with his wife and three grown children, all of whom work for the business.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Verb
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The generosity of a gorgeous bouquet is enthralling on this wine, with blossoming jasmine and rose petals intermixed with star anise with silky tannins caressing the palate with multilayered fruit and an extended length of flavor on the finish.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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This in-between environment is called partial shade, and there is a whole catalog of flowers that really blossom there.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 June 2025
Noun
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The litter of cubs was born to first time mom, 4-year-old Cora, and 8-year-old Vader, according to zoo officials.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Here, bears find the space to stretch their limbs and walk for perhaps the first time since being cubs.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
Verb
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The hydrangea blossoms had faded into dusty white or copper brown, the moss covering the path was shiny green, and at the far end a border of Michaelmas daisies bloomed, the last flowers before the winter.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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If your garden is blooming but your outdoor setup is in havoc, consider this your sign to get organized.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 June 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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