jackanapeses

plural of jackanapes

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Noun
  • That lack of legal status might make some newborns immediately eligible for deportation.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • This free reading program for children from newborns to age 8 at West Atlanta Watershed Alliance includes a hands-on activity.
    Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Just after they are born, infants reach for whatever is in front of them.
    Mimosa Jones Tunney, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Researchers found that having a cat or dog in your home could result in protection from pet (and pollen) allergies in infants.
    Yvonne Villasenor, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The sanctuary, located near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, cares for a colony of African vervet monkeys descended from animals linked to a roadside zoo and research facility that operated decades ago.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • The location provides easy access to some of the most biodiverse locations in Costa Rica around the Osa Peninsula for those who want to get up close and personal with birds, monkeys, or sloths.
    Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Freed from predation, purple urchins razed vast swaths of kelp unchecked.
    Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
  • Cala Gaetano is the most breathtaking of all, both in awe and anxiety, where slippery steps without any barriers bring you to a secluded cove speckled with urchins.
    Kristina Kasparian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Taste Buds Kitchen has the lowest minimum age, welcoming toddlers starting at 2 for introductory classes, while its summer camps begin at age 4 with 3-hour daily sessions over 5 days.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
  • Water fun is to toddlers as all-inclusive beach resorts are to parents.
    Parents, Parents, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • The young whippersnappers in their nice Manhattan apartments see the COVID-19 pandemic as simply one more roadblock between them and hooking up.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • More, the coaches of the last three title-winning teams (Florida’s Todd Golden and Hurley) all come from the current crop of whippersnappers, as do the leaders of each 1-seed in this tourney.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Males guard the eggs and newborn frogs, called neonates.
    Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • There have been publications about nicotine transmission and neonates after blood transfusion.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
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“Jackanapeses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jackanapeses. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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