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children

[chil-druhn] / ˈtʃɪl drən /

NOUN

brood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offspring

STRONG

breed chicks clutch descendants family flock hatch infants issue litter posterity progeny scions seed young

WEAK

begats progeniture

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

child

NOUN

family

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clan folk group house household people tribe

STRONG

ancestors ancestry birth blood brood class descendants descent dynasty extraction forebears genealogy generations genre in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree progenitors progeny race relations relationship relatives siblings strain subdivision system

WEAK

heirs and assigns kith and kin menage ménage

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

NOUN

flesh and blood

Synonyms

WEAK

blood relative clay consanguinean family kids kin kith and kin offspring organism relatives uterine kin

NOUN

posterity

Synonyms

STRONG

breed brood descendants family heirs issue lineage offspring progeny scions seed stock successors

WEAK

next generation progeniture succeeding generations unborn

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

past

NOUN

progeny

Synonyms

STRONG

breed descendants family get issue kids lineage posterity race scions seed stock young

WEAK

begats progeniture

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

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She said the consultation would also include gaming in its look at screen time and she was optimistic because there is cross-party consensus on the harms of too much screen-time for children.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

However, I would like this money to grow so that my children and grandchildren might have something later on.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Chinese state media released videos at midday Monday showing Xi’s plane arriving in Pyongyang, where Kim and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, greeted him alongside an honor guard and two children with flowers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Police also told the outlet that the children were under the age of 15.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Grown-ups craft toys for the children out of lumber, bamboo, whatever they can get their hands on.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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