as in child
a recently born person
infants should be kept warm at all times
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Recent Examples of infant
Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
When Officers Jordan White and Chad Cox entered the third-floor apartment, body camera footage showed Pike standing in a closet, which was also Destinii’s nursery, holding the infant.
—Ben Wheeler
june 2, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Health experts warn the number of illnesses in this outbreak could rise as officials reopen investigations into cases of infant botulism from earlier in the year.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
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Noun
With his infant daughter, Penelope, strapped to his chest in a baby carrier, Lee slid in his family’s ballots.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
When Officers Jordan White and Chad Cox entered the third-floor apartment, body camera footage showed Pike standing in a closet, which was also Destinii’s nursery, holding the infant.
—Ben Wheeler
june 2, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Adjective
The recall was issued after the FDA identified 83 cases of infant botulism nationwide, with 13 of those having received ByHeart formula at some point.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Health experts warn the number of illnesses in this outbreak could rise as officials reopen investigations into cases of infant botulism from earlier in the year.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infant
Noun
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Whether a minor or an adult, that child has lost a parent and has a right to mourn and needs the mother to be there.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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More strikes were reported in southern Lebanon earlier today, with the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reporting that civil defense teams recovered the bodies of four people, including children, after an airstrike hit a residential house in the town of Adloun.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Some of that is owing simply to where these two teams are in their evolution, as Carolina has one of the deepest rosters in the NHL and Montreal is still only in the embryonic stages of what’s been a very impressive, quick-turn rebuild.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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The glam factor, though, was still embryonic.—
Nick Scott,
Robb Report,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The Plums, again minus Becka, want to please their parents and their community by marrying whomever the Aunts choose as their best matches, set up house and have babies.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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Trump has predicted the justices will rule against his executive order directing federal agencies not to recognize the citizenship of babies born in the United States if neither parent is a citizen or lawful permanent resident.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Without a closer, the Dodgers’ circle of trust in close games includes a good mix of veteran arms and budding talent, from Scott, Vesia and Blake Treinen to Hurt, Klein and Jack Dreyer (on the 15-day IL because of left shoulder discomfort).—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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Since making her first public appearance with Phillips in early 2024, Sperling has proven herself a budding style icon.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For instance, even the most prevalent form of Sanfilippo syndrome affects only one in 100,000 newborns, making traditional research and drug development difficult.—
Elise Esposito,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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The reality of welcoming a newborn also creates environmental stressors that affect your already vulnerable skin.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Eberly College of Science researcher Daniel Paraizo and colleagues suggest there is a way that primordial black holes of just the right mass could survive this process to undergo a startling transformation.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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That would seemingly favor a primordial black hole as the source, although that would likely require it to have grown by a factor of 10 in the 700 million years of its existence.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
Noun
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This is best displayed in the no spill Paw Patrol cup provided to my toddler at one of the restaurants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Take a Step Back If your toddler is having trouble with a shape sorter, you might be tempted to take the circle and drop it into the right slot for them.—
Dina Gachman,
Parents,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
25 Nov. 2025
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Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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“Infant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infant. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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