as in child
a recently born person
infants should be kept warm at all times
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Recent Examples of infant
Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026
Head Banging Parents often express concern over this self-harming behavior, says Lourdes Quintana, infant and toddler development specialist at the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, part of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Florida.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Feb. 2026
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
American pediatricians count the number of ounces of milk and feeds per day, discourage night feedings and push to wean mainly to infant formula by the first birthday, even as the World Health Organization recommends two years or beyond.
La Leche League, in contrast, is adamantly pro-breastfeeding.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Noun
Because caring for infants and younger toddlers is so expensive, providers have relied on older children to make the math work.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026
Head Banging Parents often express concern over this self-harming behavior, says Lourdes Quintana, infant and toddler development specialist at the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, part of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Florida.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the leading cause of infant suffocation during sleeping hours is soft bedding.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
American pediatricians count the number of ounces of milk and feeds per day, discourage night feedings and push to wean mainly to infant formula by the first birthday, even as the World Health Organization recommends two years or beyond.
La Leche League, in contrast, is adamantly pro-breastfeeding.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infant
Noun
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According to Kendall Seymour, the father of three of the children, the family did not realize the kids were missing until days after they had already been taken overseas.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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These and other groceries would be distributed to families who’d been too afraid to send their children to school in the weeks since an influx of agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement began operations in the city, in December.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Just the same, Self also knows this team, with only one man back (Flory Bidunga) from last season’s nine-deep rotation, is still just emerging from an embryonic phase of development.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2026
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The former first lady was one of few conservatives at the time to publicly support embryonic stem cell research, which Republican lawmakers are still fighting to restrict at the federal level.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The academy schedule continues to recommend rotavirus vaccines for all infants, whereas the federal schedule says it should be left up to parents and doctors whether to give the shots to babies.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends babies get their first dose of the MMR vaccine between 12 and 15 months old and the second dose between 4 and 6 years old.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Mizzou returns a budding superstar in Donovan Olugbode, along with promising underclassmen in DaMarion Fowlkes and Shaun Terry II.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Specializing in exaggerated branches and budding blooms, West Elm’s artificial floral selection is designed to make a statement.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2026
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After the newborn was out, Bellisario said she was relieved to hear her daughter cry.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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The reason experts recommend that newborns get the vitamin K shot is because they are born with very little of it in their bodies.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The team suggested that under specific primordial conditions, pristine gas clouds — which would typically fragment and form stars — instead collapsed wholesale into massive black holes.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Giving off Hawking radiation, a primordial black hole that was originally the size of an atomic nucleus would meet its doom in the modern universe, slowly dwindling before ending in a sudden, extreme burst of particles.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In fact, a handful hadn't even graduated from middle school yet — and one was a toddler!—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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The toddler danced around, incapable of containing his energy.—
Maeva Bambuck,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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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That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Infant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infant. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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