as in kids
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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Noun
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This moving real-life saga opens with a family—Evelyn and her five, soon to be six, children—living in a small city in California.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025 -
Her fiancé at the time wasn't ready for children, but Zirkle didn't have time to wait.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Three randy, middle-aged white chicks (Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb) seek illicit thrills.—
Armond White,
National Review,
9 Apr. 2025
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Mr Cañas-Valle identified 23 adults and four chicks nesting and roosting within a single cave on the Chimborazo volcano.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Buds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buds. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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