as in infants
a recently born person
the hospital has added a new wing especially for neonates
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Recent Examples of neonates
Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.
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Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neonates
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, offers food benefits, breastfeeding services and nutrition education to 65,000 Arkansas women, infants and children younger than five.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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To date, the Indiana company has blessed 390 boxes since its inception in 2016, and 70 infants nationwide — including three in Missouri – have been surrendered, Getrost said.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Oct. 2025
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Speaking to the Associated Press, Charly Saint-Vil described the aftermath of the tragedy, saying that parents were calling out for missing children.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Pritam witnessed firsthand the horrors of Partition—communal riots forced her to migrate to India from Pakistan in 1947 with nothing but her two small children and a red shawl.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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At a nutrition center in Camp 15 of Cox’s Bazar – run by Concern Worldwide, with programs from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – babies are measured for malnutrition by wrapping a paper tape measure around their tiny arms.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The pictures got more and more creative over time, as Edie asked her mom to draw babies, cats and birds.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Still, the closest Safe Haven Baby Box — where mothers unable to care for their newborns can safely drop them off, no questions asked — is in Savannah, Missouri, about an hour away.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Oct. 2025
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Federal data shows that WIC feeds more than 4 in 10 (41%) of all newborns in the United States.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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For the past two years, toddlers at Bernard Jackson’s swim and wellness center in Washington, DC, have learned to float for the first time, and seniors in their eighties have practiced gentle exercises to stay strong.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Finisterre Stormbird Waterproof Jacket One hiker’s long trek is another’s short jaunt, especially for the Swiss, who are known to set out on the trail as toddlers.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Neonates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neonates. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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