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
Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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
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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
The hospital had the closest infant pulmonary laboratory, a device that measures lung function for infants and young children, a story published in December 2009 said.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infant
Noun
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Concerned about the safety of two children in the home, Aljorna and Sosa-Celis surrendered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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It is based on a children’s book from former American football player Martellus Bennett, who also stars alongside Jhené Aiko, Juliet Donenfeld, Innocent Ekakitie and David Mitchell.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The details layer like a Georges Seurat painting, especially compared to earlier, more embryonic versions of these songs.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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The same embryonic differences that determine how sperm move also dictate how small hairs called cilia wave to clear airways.—
Elizabeth Cooney,
STAT,
2 Feb. 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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Tap into another budding trend by stacking on stripes, for even more layered goodness.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
InStyle,
26 Jan. 2026
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The budding hopes of a Super 8 tournament return have been tempered, at least for now.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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That panel ultimately voted to end a decades-old federal recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine.—
Josh M. Shepherd,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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But pictures on social media of these newborns have been drawing the fans in recent months.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The galaxy also appears to have cleared its surrounding region of primordial hydrogen gas — an unexpected finding, the researchers say, given that the early universe was filled with neutral hydrogen.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Land is a primal word, primordial even, like lava.—
Tommy Orange,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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Tobacco free parks protect everyone, from toddlers on the playground to teens on the field to seniors walking the trail.—
Jay Reddick,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2026
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The unfazed toddler was let out by a technician from the claw machine company with a key, according to reports.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 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 16 Feb. 2026.
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