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as in children
a recently born person
the baby is just learning to sit up, so be careful
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as in men
a member of the human race
I don't care what you want, there'll be no more work for this baby today
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as in accomplishments
a successful result brought about by hard work
a small film that was a labor of love and the baby that the director was proudest of
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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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as in nurses
to treat with great or excessive care
he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself
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Recent Examples of babies
Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 15 Feb. 2026
Played by more than ten babies at various ages, young Kuula is an unusual child, hairy and large for his age, with an early appetite for meat and a curiously harsh quality to his bawling.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
And these babies can be quite scary creatures.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Use a neem oil to spray the babies, but a systemic product may be necessary for adults.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
There are several other emotional powder kegs that need one little spark, and those babies are going all the way off.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Continue reading … 'CONSISTENCY' — Puerto Rico governor signs law recognizing unborn babies as human beings.
—FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Okonedo’s looking forward to seeing them again in Berlin with their two babies; the youngest appears in the film.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Newborn babies at a Pittsburgh-area hospital are celebrating their first Valentine's Day in adorable handmade hats inspired by Hershey's Kisses.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean.
—Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
The city’s current child care programs serve 160,000 babies and children across public schools, neighborhood and daycare center options.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 15 Feb. 2026
Played by more than ten babies at various ages, young Kuula is an unusual child, hairy and large for his age, with an early appetite for meat and a curiously harsh quality to his bawling.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
And these babies can be quite scary creatures.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Use a neem oil to spray the babies, but a systemic product may be necessary for adults.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
There are several other emotional powder kegs that need one little spark, and those babies are going all the way off.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Continue reading … 'CONSISTENCY' — Puerto Rico governor signs law recognizing unborn babies as human beings.
—FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Okonedo’s looking forward to seeing them again in Berlin with their two babies; the youngest appears in the film.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Newborn babies at a Pittsburgh-area hospital are celebrating their first Valentine's Day in adorable handmade hats inspired by Hershey's Kisses.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
Each new piece was crafted to be simple, functional, and beautiful, giving parents peace of mind and babies a nurturing space to grow.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean.
—Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babies
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Younger guests can enjoy the koi fish in the courtyard, but the motel itself isn’t activity-heavy for children.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Vett was identified by the Marin Independent Journal as a mother of two elementary-school-age children in Marin County.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Ten men were arrested from Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama and Ecuador.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Jackson, who can quickly get inside to score, gives the team three big men, along with Lopez and rookie Yanic Konan Niederhauser, a luxury not many teams enjoy.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
19 Feb. 2026
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What the 6-foot-10 Okafor did on the basketball court after arriving from Houston in 2001 speaks for itself, and let’s allow some of those accomplishments to repeat themselves for a moment.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2026
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The accomplishments of the civil-rights movement in the nineteen-fifties and sixties and of the Sanctuary Movement in the eighties depended, in part, on the infrastructure, moral clarity, and greater purpose of the church.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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About 1% of infants die from complications of the disease.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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Mercury contamination is especially dangerous for children and can cause neurological impairments in infants.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
20 Feb. 2026
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One of our best successes has been building an agentic team called the Marketing Studio to roll out in product campaigns end to end.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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But looking back, that was the high-water mark for Ukraine’s successes on the battlefield.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Sewage impacts could reach the Chesapeake Bay Naujoks stressed how important the Potomac is to the region, saying people depend on it for drinking water, tourism, trade and commercial fishing of species including blue catfish, rockfish, crabs and oysters.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Whale falls, which occur when a whale carcass sinks to the ocean floor, create temporary ecosystems that feed octopuses, sharks, crabs, microorganisms and more.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Babies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babies. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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