- plural of kid.
kids
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Mostly, though, she just wants to keep doing what she’s been striving for since we were kids — “I want, when you watch me, for you to feel like you’ve seen something magic happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
She returned home a changed woman—with British bands like Depeche Mode on her Walkman, new clothes and a wanderlust that she eventually passed down to her three kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"If it was a family with kids and they were trying to get away from some war-torn country, then that's fine," the mother-of-two added.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Wake up, kids: I’ve seen this behavior before.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
There’s something else that captures my attention—the steady stream of kids running around.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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