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Adjective
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For a long time, infantile amnesia was thought to be tied to an inability to make memories in infancy.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025 -
If nothing else is done with those mice, that association will apparently be forgotten later in life due to infantile amnesia.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The angular clock hands and classic-leaning clock face protect this personality piece from becoming gimmicky or childish, and instead remaining sophisticated and tasteful.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
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See, the issue here isn’t that a college dude did a dumb, childish thing.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The teenage triggerman was aiming at an adolescent rival who had punched him moments earlier, police said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2025
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One of a handful of practicing physicians in the state legislature, Weber Pierson is leaning heavily on her experience as a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist who treats children with reproductive birth defects — one of only two in Southern California.—
Kaiser Health News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Kruger had been an Akin superfan ever since his breakout Head-On — a gritty, violent love story about a young German-Turkish woman trying to break free of her religious, restrictive family — which won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2004.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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For much younger kids, Little Passports has an Early Explorers box ($20/month) aimed at children as young as 3.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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McManus said the boy is also facing charges of terrorism and is currently being held at a local juvenile detention facility.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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The three juvenile suspects are also charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Many organizations grapple with obstacles such as disconnected data, internal roadblocks, misaligned objectives across teams and immature processes.—
Mithun A. Sridharan,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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And anybody that thinks otherwise is just being foolish and immature and childish.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Infantilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantilized. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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