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Recent Examples of bassinet
Her younger sister lives with her, sleeping in a room with Mims’ four children, which is barely large enough to fit the two sets of bunk beds and a bassinet.
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Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
And one mom tester with an 8 week old loved the bassinet’s ability to rock her baby without mom having to be in the room.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
According to the agency, the bassinets’ attachment mechanism can create a dangerous gap between the bassinet and an adult mattress, creating a hazard for infants.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Helping place bassinets in hospitals, though, has helped Natalia Lopez heal and find hope once again.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
And one mom tester with an 8 week old loved the bassinet’s ability to rock her baby without mom having to be in the room.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
According to the agency, the bassinets’ attachment mechanism can create a dangerous gap between the bassinet and an adult mattress, creating a hazard for infants.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Helping place bassinets in hospitals, though, has helped Natalia Lopez heal and find hope once again.
—Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bassinet
Noun
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Her mother came down the stairs with an armload of linens, dragged the old crib out of the unfinished half of the cellar, and took the plastic sheeting off it.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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One year later, the same officer accidentally fired his service weapon into a baby’s crib during a probation search but avoided any discipline, the Ding lawsuit said.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Break down bureaucratic silos between early education, K–12, and higher education so California can build a true cradle-to-career approach that keeps students from falling through the cracks at critical transitions in their educational journey.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Rather than approaching Lane’s story as a traditional cradle-to-present biography, the film uses his life and work as a way into the continuing importance of theater itself.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Earlier this week, the space agency awarded Blue Origin a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to launch a pair of moon buggies in the next few years as part of the Artemis program.—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon's south pole.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 May 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 8 Jun. 2026.
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