as in infancy
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Noun
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Swain and the Houlihan Lokey team view the area, still in its infancy, as a huge field for lucrative fundraising and investment-banking business.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025 -
My first visit to Parrot Cay was a little over a decade ago, when the idea of elevated resort dining was still in its infancy.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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But as childhood faded into adolescence, the piano became less a place of play and more a refuge.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Maybe the trailing parent is simply the next logical step in an era when adolescence stretches longer.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Babyhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babyhood. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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