babyhood

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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