as in infancy
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Noun
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Thomas Jefferson’s only legitimate one died in infancy.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025 -
The problem was, with technology still being in its infancy, the Forever creator and her husband, Salim Akil, had to lead her — police escort style — in the right direction.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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As the man of the house — for his mother, twin sister and three younger sisters — his adolescence came with different pressures.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Yet there’s nothing noticeable about him—brown hair, blue eyes, a chin just beginning to widen into adolescence—except the mix of fear and determination that shows when the camera zooms in on his face.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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