bassinet

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Recent Examples of bassinet Some airplanes have bassinets, which can be requested but not guaranteed on the day of travel. Christine Chung, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Internet users have praised a woman from Florida who bought a bassinet despite not having a baby. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 Brooklyn Larsen, the creator gifted the bassinet, shared the news of their son's stillbirth in November. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025 Teething Rails The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies up to one year of age should only sleep in a crib, bassinet, portable crib, or play yard with a mattress and fitted sheet. Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bassinet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bassinet
Noun
  • For families traveling with infants, the resort also provides cribs, child-friendly toiletries, bottle warmers, bathrobes, and coloring books.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Half a century ago, a young couple renting a cabin disappeared forever, leaving behind a baby girl in her crib.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lina Zeldovich November 6, 2018 The cradle of civilization may not support our civilization anymore.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Soon, a humble little rock cradle appears, painstakingly assembled and fiercely defended.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lonnie Yoder, 84, was killed when his Amish buggy flipped due to intense winds in Middlebury, Ind. shortly before 6 p.m. local time on Sunday.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Another person died after strong winds knocked over an Amish buggy carrying a family of four in Middlebury, Indiana – about 70 miles east of Valparaiso – Sunday, an Elkhart County dispatcher told CNN.
    Matthew Rehbein, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • No trace of the 10-foot pram used by Ralph has ever been found.
    Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Our four-month-old slept in his pram by the pool while our oldest drank mocktails, took Thai boxing lessons and collected shells from the beach.
    MaryLou Costa, contributor, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024

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