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Recent Examples of infancy
Another son, Scott James Morgan, died in infancy.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
Patients with hemimegalencephaly can suffer from unremitting epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, and often need neurosurgery during infancy.
—Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
But with the 2026 season still in its infancy, Wednesday wasn’t one of those times.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
There were still many farms in the community, and the Texas Wine Industry was still in its infancy.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
Patients with hemimegalencephaly can suffer from unremitting epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, and often need neurosurgery during infancy.
—Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
But with the 2026 season still in its infancy, Wednesday wasn’t one of those times.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
There were still many farms in the community, and the Texas Wine Industry was still in its infancy.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infancy
Noun
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His arms, still rounded with the softness of babyhood, were raised; his hands behind his head.—
Sahana Jayaraman,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Her family stays on beside the ruins, and the film charts how occupation and its aftermath become the unremarkable background of her adolescence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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The first collection, which lands in stores in September, will offer those of us who spent their adolescence admiring his archival runway images on Tumblr a chance to finally get in on the action.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2026
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That is to be expected considering the streamer’s relative newness to the space, but such immaturity can jump off the screen.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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In a study with 355 participants, the authors narrowed their list to 16 warning signs that predicted violence that occurred within six months — many of them having to do with entitlement, arrogance, control and emotional immaturity.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Infancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infancy. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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