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Recent Examples of bassinet
Grogu, meanwhile, seems content with pressing buttons, eating blue macarons, and riding around in his new bassinet.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
Texas mandates bereavement care with Everly's Law The state last year became the first to mandate maternity hospitals have a cooling bassinet and train staff in bereavement care, with the passage of Everly's Law.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The proud mom shared a photo of the baby girl lying bundled in a bassinet.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
That summer, Regina’s baby, then a newborn, had spent the end of August there in her bassinet, spared from the heat inside, where only a sliver of sun would hit the eastward wall in the early morning.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
Texas mandates bereavement care with Everly's Law The state last year became the first to mandate maternity hospitals have a cooling bassinet and train staff in bereavement care, with the passage of Everly's Law.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The proud mom shared a photo of the baby girl lying bundled in a bassinet.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
That summer, Regina’s baby, then a newborn, had spent the end of August there in her bassinet, spared from the heat inside, where only a sliver of sun would hit the eastward wall in the early morning.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bassinet
Noun
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The 16-month-old girl died April 8, 2025, from what the Medical Examiner’s Office ruled was accidental asphyxia after her head got wedged between a plastic cot and a crib’s railing.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Place the device across the room, not next to the crib or bed.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If accurate, those findings might hint that the shroud is indeed from the Levant, an area considered to have been the cradle of Christianity and the setting of both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
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Freemasons in the cradle of liberty Philadelphia was the country’s political center during the American Revolution, which began in 1775.—
Derek Arnold,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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The terrain is mostly flat, and there are plenty of electric buggies for whizzing around.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Barns, open pastures, horses and buggies, and small towns define this stretch of Amish Country, offering a quiet change from the busy cities left behind.—
Abby Price,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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The majority of the 1048 pieces in this set are used to build the much larger pram, but the completely separate Grogu figure is a joy to put together.—
Rich Owen,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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One wearily pushes hers in a creaky pram.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Bassinet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bassinet. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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