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Recent Examples of bassinet
Many airlines equip their bulkhead rows with fold-down bassinets for infants under a certain weight.
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Place babies in a crib, bassinet, or portable play yard with a firm, flat mattress.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024
Some airplanes have bassinets, which can be requested but not guaranteed on the day of travel.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Internet users have praised a woman from Florida who bought a bassinet despite not having a baby.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Place babies in a crib, bassinet, or portable play yard with a firm, flat mattress.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024
Some airplanes have bassinets, which can be requested but not guaranteed on the day of travel.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Internet users have praised a woman from Florida who bought a bassinet despite not having a baby.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bassinet
Noun
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The baby was captured sleeping on his mother's chest, stretching his limbs out while laying in a crib and sucking on a pacifier while looking at his mother.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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Next come the gadgets: the Snoo, a shimmying bassinet that allegedly makes babies sleep for at least an hour longer than a typical crib; the Nanit, an eye-of-Sauron-style video monitor; Owlet, a sock-like heart-rate and oxygen sensor that turns your baby’s crib into a mini NICU.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
Noun
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This is a custom layer within the mattress designed to adapt and cradle sleepers at any position.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
9 May 2025
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Image Cardinal Parolin grew up in Schiavon, a small town in the northern Italian region of Veneto that is known as a cradle of popes.—
Jason Horowitz,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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And climate change means that globally summers on average could get less buggy.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
20 May 2025
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Like the rest of the state, winters there are bitterly cold, summers are hot, muggy, and buggy.—
Paddy O'Connell,
Outside Online,
1 May 2025
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One person suggested Cousins return to the spot on a daily basis and try to strike up a relationship with the septuagenarian pushing the pram.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 May 2025
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No trace of the 10-foot pram used by Ralph has ever been found.—
Robert E. Houle,
Outdoor Life,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Bassinet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bassinet. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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