infants

noun

plural of infant
as in children
a recently born person infants should be kept warm at all times

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Recent Examples of infants In April, a Cook County jury awarded $70 million in damages in four cases against Abbott brought by mothers who alleged that the company’s formula for premature infants caused their babies to become severely ill. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 The conversation almost always focuses on infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children. — Sonjia Tainter, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026 Policies that allow fathers to build early relationships with their infants deserve to be viewed through the same preventive lens. — Nishant Pandya, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026 Parents and advocates say the closures deepen an already dire child-care shortage in the Westside, where licensed spaces serve just a fraction of infants and soaring costs strain both families and underpaid educators. — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Newborns and infants are particularly vulnerable to the disease. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 Video from the location verified by NBC News shows medical staff dressed in white tending to infants in hospital bassinets outdoors. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026 Let’s be a bit more realistic about what is expected from the cast, particularly those with infants. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026 Some primates carried infants of another species in ways resembling adoption or caregiving, yet rough handling or neglect sometimes resulted in injury or death. — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infants
  1. children
  2. babies
  3. toddlers
  4. kids
Noun
  • There have been no arrests made in relation to the death, police told CNN, but the father of one of Fortune’s children was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body on unrelated weapons charges, jail records show.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Things can get even more complicated when several children or grandchildren inherit the property.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of children
Noun
  • Amazon sales data from Market Defense tracked in early July over the previous 12 months offers a snapshot of brands gaining traction among parents shopping for babies and children.
    — Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Women carrying twins or more babies at once also had substantially higher rates than those carrying one baby.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of babies
Noun
  • Several of the jurors were either toddlers when the killing occurred, or hadn't yet been born.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Each presents a group portrait of a handful of disaffected British suburbanites—husbands who resent their deadening jobs, toddlers who whine and interrupt, and, above all, hassled wives subsumed by a crush of household obligations.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of toddlers
Noun
  • Families can also participate in daily arts and crafts sessions, with materials provided on request and staff on hand to help kids create their own souvenirs.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • That means cables, socks, Legos, kids' pajamas, and everything else not taller than the unit itself are up for grabs, Pac-Man style.
    — Joe Salas August 14, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of kids

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