as in child
a recently born person
infants should be kept warm at all times
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Recent Examples of infant
Emy Lacroix, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
The series turns on the story of a mother who abandons her newborn twins and the events that unfold as the infants grow up.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 16 June 2023
Arnaout warned against attempting to make formula at home, because commercial formulas are specially designed for infant nutritional needs.
—Dallas News, 17 May 2022
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Noun
As an infant, Sophie was diagnosed with spina bifida, a condition that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don't form properly, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
The series turns on the story of a mother who abandons her newborn twins and the events that unfold as the infants grow up.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Williams is co-chairing an effort to create voluntary safety standards for infant wearable blankets — the broad term for sleep sacks and swaddles — through ASTM International, which develops standards for products through a collaborative process that is open to the public.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 16 June 2023
Arnaout warned against attempting to make formula at home, because commercial formulas are specially designed for infant nutritional needs.
—Dallas News, 17 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infant
Noun
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In recent days, judges have pumped the brakes on Trump’s efforts to freeze spending, cull the federal workforce, end automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil, send transgender women to men’s prisons and dismantle the United States Agency for International Development.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth and Catherine were two of the eight children of Gotthard and his wife, Pauline.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The thing that intrigued me was being involved in the script from a much more embryonic stage and being able to influence the characters rather than coming in right at the end as an actor.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, the test will have allowed Hamilton to establish at least an embryonic relationship with his new race engineer Riccardo Adami.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In 2017, an MTA worker helped a mother give birth on a subway platform, while in 2012, a baby boy was born on a J train in downtown Manhattan.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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The outlet reported that the mother gave birth to a baby girl, per MTA officials.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Back at his home in Carlsbad, Calif., Lawlor's son, Cian Lawlor, is a fifth grader and budding journalist at Magnolia Elementary School.—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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But even then, the Dodgers’ looming interest (and considerable scouting attention) in the budding ace was clear, as The Times reported in November 2023.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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About 18 hours later, the toddler was found by farm workers still strapped in the car and covered in blood and bug bites.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Sleep regressions, toddler tantrums, adolescent mood swings — yes, parenting has its challenges.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Scientists theorized that the asteroid contained traces of water and organic molecules and that similar asteroids could have brought these materials to a primordial Earth.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Colossal has established a flock of Nicobar pigeons, the dodo’s closest living relative, which will act as donors for primordial germ cells that will be genetically edited to have dodo characteristics.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In the picture, the newborn's little foot could be seen as his mom snapped a photo outside.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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From birth to elder care, Medicaid covers newborns, children, low-income individuals and families, people with disabilities and substance abuse issues, and nursing home residents, among others, according to Alker.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Some believe — and were trained to think — the disease begins in the germinal center, a structure in the lymph nodes where immune cells interact with antigens in a way that creates a powerful pathogen-fighting response (think vaccines and infections).—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
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But germinal centers did not form in the thoracic lymph nodes and spleens of the autopsied COVID-19 patients, the researchers reported.—
Jon Cohen,
Science | AAAS,
25 Aug. 2020
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“Infant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infant. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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