babies 1 of 2

plural of baby
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as in complainers
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things don't be such a baby—the shot didn't hurt that much

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babies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of baby

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Recent Examples of babies
Noun
There are 23 Arche hotels across Poland, from Lublin to Wrocław, with more than 4,000 rooms in which babies may be made. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025 This drug starves babies and harms mothers! Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 Out of that dozen, Suleman became pregnant with eight babies and made history by giving birth to the first-ever surviving octuplets, earning her the nickname Octomom. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025 Based on Lois Lowry's seminal young adult novel, The Giver crafts a world where emotion has been eliminated and all babies are genetically engineered. Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025 The quiet, rhythmic suckling that babies do when feeding. Aisha Muharrar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025 But providing babies with a safe way to learn (and explore their surroundings) is key. Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025 And, in the process, the trio of ’70s babies punctured the myth that rap is a young man’s sport. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025 Healthy babies start with the health of the mother. Katia Riddle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babies
Noun
  • Framed black and white photos of her now-adult children as youngsters hang along one wall, serving as a sweet reminder of days past.
    Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Because such materials can be difficult to detect once products are frozen, widespread recalls help prevent potentially serious harm to consumers, especially children, who are a common audience for corn dog and pancake stick products.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Salmon said his counselor suggested his attraction to men was his father’s fault because his job kept him away from home a lot, causing Salmon to identify more with his mother.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Once at the house, these men were confronted by Hansen and his camera crew and then arrested by local law enforcement.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Liberation lies in relinquishing projection, in surrendering the desire for children to mirror our priorities and accomplishments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Aledo has one of the most impressive accomplishments in all of Texas high school football, or even in the entire nation.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Recognize Quieter Customers Celebrate the non-complainers.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The program, better known as WIC, provides access to healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding education and referrals for other services to low-income pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, as well as infants and children up to age 5.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Benefits for the federal nutrition program supporting women, infants, and children, also known as WIC, are flowing as usual for the time being, but they are projected to run dry in a matter of weeks.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Milei, who has led the country since December 2023, is now facing off against several threats to his free market movement, including the recent electoral successes of his Peronist rivals and a depletion of his country’s foreign reserves.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This year’s offseason did not generate the same successes.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It's also believed that crabs of this species survived after a meteorite struck Earth around 66 million years ago, the infamous event that led to the extinction of dinosaurs.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • An undersea submersible has revealed crabs, worms, and fish living on World War II explosives in the Baltic Sea.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nothing spoils a Sunday afternoon outside with the family quite like your youngest child being carried off by a horde of maladjusted howler monkeys.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Pre-cut produce also spoils quicker and could pick up pathogens when sliced open.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025

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