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Recent Examples of bassinet
During a 2011 rubella epidemic in Vietnam, Reef spotted a cluster of tiny bassinets in a Ho Chi Minh City intensive care unit.
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Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
Halo Dream offers a variety of childcare products, including nursery furniture, bassinets, swaddles, bath toys and bibs.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Grogu, meanwhile, seems content with pressing buttons, eating blue macarons, and riding around in his new bassinet.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
Many hospitals, though, still don't have cooling bassinets.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
Halo Dream offers a variety of childcare products, including nursery furniture, bassinets, swaddles, bath toys and bibs.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Grogu, meanwhile, seems content with pressing buttons, eating blue macarons, and riding around in his new bassinet.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
Many hospitals, though, still don't have cooling bassinets.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bassinet
Noun
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On the night he was arrested, Martinez confessed to shaking Heather and banging her head against a crib, but later recanted that confession.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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On Easter Sunday, police were called to a home on Otono Court in South San Jose after Jaxon was found unresponsive in his crib.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For audiences expecting a cradle-to-grave reckoning, that cutoff can feel abrupt.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Still, among the more than 100 billion people who have walked the Earth in human history, the Artemis II astronauts have ventured farther from the cradle than anyone else.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Eco effort From big decisions—bioclimatic design, working with local developers, choosing eco-friendly materials, and a low-waste ethos restaurant—to smaller details—plantable Sprout pencils in suites, and electric buggies – environmental impact’s been considered at every turn, from the ground up.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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This British production from Hammer Films and director Roy Ward Baker showcases moon maidens, old-fashioned lunar shootouts, buggy chases, and an ex-astronaut turned mercenary salvager trying to snag a 6000-pound sapphire asteroid from orbit for a billionaire industrialist.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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 29 Apr. 2026.
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