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Noun
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By the time Arturo was a toddler and Iris an infant, the family had settled full time in Oxford.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025 -
The goal is for the endowment to help pay the costs to create 16,000 spaces for preschool, infants, and toddlers by 2030.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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The center ensures proper nourishment for newborns in critical condition, including many born prematurely.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The new parents announced their son’s arrival a few days after his birth, sharing a joint Instagram post with a photo of the newborn sleeping next to a wooden sign.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Gabriel Byrne shows up as a nasty villain known as the Chancellor, who has kidnaped the adorable moppet Ella (Ava Joyce McCarthy) and whisked her off to a bucolic Alpine village where a society of ruthless killers are able to raise, and train, their children in peace.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
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The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.—
Esther Zuckerman,
TIME,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Jedi who weren’t good enough yet for anything else—the younglings.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
29 May 2025
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And, the younglings can come along, safe and secure, in child safety seats finished in the same Pasha fabric.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The warmer climate may also be beneficial for baby whales—called neonates—with poor temperature regulation.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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To understand where these births might be happening, researchers examined whether neonate sightings were associated with specific environmental conditions.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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White sharks gather near rookeries for a buffet as weanlings begin heading out to sea.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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The striped dolphin was a female weanling (newly independent from its mother) that stranded freshly deceased on Hampton Beach.—
Breanne Kovatch,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 July 2023
Noun
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Three of their four nestlings from last year died, but one, named Nagamo, survived and could yet return to Montrose to seek a partner.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Below, Canada geese and pintail ducks lead the kayak away from their nestlings, paddling almost effortlessly 30 yards ahead, then beating the water furiously to become airborne.—
Alann B. Steen,
Outdoor Life,
21 May 2025
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Garcia hadn’t seen the toddler since May 28 and had reported him and Abarca as missing on Sunday.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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An ambulance was called to the home, but the toddler died two days later, on Aug. 16, 2021, the London Evening Standard reported.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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“Bantling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bantling. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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