as in kids
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
playtime's over, it's time to gather up the whelps and head home
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Noun
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On the heels of this case, the Washington Post reported that the American Society of Plastic Surgeons is the first major medical association to change their guidance on kids receiving transgender care.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026 -
There’s a small but well-run kids’ club by Sharkey and George, where genuinely lovely people run craft sessions, puppet shows, and video gaming slots.—
Sarah Leigh Bannerman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Chawla was five when he was initiated into the group, and now instils the the same values in his children.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The team pointed out that this need is particularly acute for children.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And there are plenty more infant critters in these Wildlife Photographer of the Year images, including a possum, a crab, kestrels and bear cubs galore.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Shot in gorgeous widescreen (an unusual format for documentaries), the movie catalogs all the way people behave around what appears to be a single bear, first seen dozing with her two cubs.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But reading the profile of Mohamad Eisa and Yolka Gessen left me with a kind of dread, the kind that comes when a spin-off from a hit show spawns a spin-off of its own, promising/threatening hundreds of new hours of content to keep up with.—
Jessa Crispin,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
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At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Nadella sat for a conversation with the Forum’s interim co-chair, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, explaining that if AI growth spawns solely from investment, then that could be signs of a bubble.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
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While Martin Scorsese called it one of the scariest movies of all time, The Uninvited kindles a wonderful romance between Rick and Stella.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Le, no stranger to the restaurant industry, which often begets ingenuity, got creative.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Feb. 2026
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At first, its proliferation seemed to constitute a typical case of Hollywood copycatting; Big Little Lies becomes a smash, wins eight Emmys, begets flimsy imitations that lots of people watch anyway.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Whelps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whelps. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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