BANTLINGS Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

bantlings

noun

plural of bantling

as in infants

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Noun

Ninety-two of the infants were first exposed to the pain medicine in utero before 17 weeks of pregnancy, 67 were first exposed after 17 weeks, and 143 were born to mothers who had not used the drug.

— Nancy Lapid, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
More than 400 of the chimpanzees had been used by American researchers in Liberia in the hepatitis B vaccine experiments from the 1970s until the early 2000s, Ricote said, many of them captured in the wild as infants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of infants

Noun

Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that can be especially dangerous for older adults, people with weakened immune systems, pregnant individuals and newborns.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Pregnant people and their newborns are also particularly vulnerable; an infection during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or a life-threatening infection in the newborn.

— Amber Brenza, HEALTH, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of newborn

Noun

After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
Curious toddlers are mobile and explore their surroundings by putting things in their mouths.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of toddlers

Noun

The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Each year, Kenny Wilson and her husband pile their two kids into the car and drive hours from her Texas home to a cruise port in Galveston.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of kids

Noun

Many tuned in to the nonstop livestream of Jackie’s nest — often daily — to watch her and her mate Shadow weather freezing winter storms, protect their eggs and dote on fuzzy chicks.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
For the first time, the aquarium is sharing with ABC News the names of two of the newest chicks, Chip and Boyd.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of chicks

Noun

Judge Anne Hwang determined his prior murder conviction no longer applied as a felony under a landmark 2016 change in California law that barred prosecutors from trying juveniles as adults without a judge’s approval.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Folsom police said complaints involving the devices have risen sharply, particularly those involving juveniles on roads, in parks and on bike paths.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of juveniles

Noun

His foot speed, for example, is not like that of fellow youngsters Marat Khusnutdinov and James Hagens.

— Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The more exotic and dangerous plunges happen from the adjacent cliffs, with youngsters jumping from 20 to 40 feet, and some as much as 50 feet.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of youngsters

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