as in children
a recently born person
the hospital has added a new wing especially for neonates
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Recent Examples of neonates
For studies measuring neonates’ looking time at faces, this included 667 infants, half of them boys and half of them girls.
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Lise Eliot, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.
—Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Lise Eliot, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.
—Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neonates
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While everyone can be affected by smoke or ozone, the MPCA says those at higher risk of health complications include outdoor workers, older adults, children, those who are pregnant, and those who have heart or lung conditions.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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During the Second World War, the Attenboroughs took in two Jewish sisters, who had come to Britain on the Kindertransport—the humanitarian scheme, devised after Kristallnacht, in 1938, for sending Jewish children, unaccompanied, to a safe haven.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Even though these children were toddlers, infants or not even born when the pandemic began, experts say that the disruption has had long-lasting repercussions.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Those at risk include adults 65 and older, infants, athletes, outdoor workers, those with chronic diseases and people without access to effective cooling, the weather service said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Adding more of this hormone influences the markings on their babies’ backs—either bars or stripes—which provide different forms of camouflage in different environments.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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That might not be welcome news for governments eager for more babies.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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In December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped recommending that all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine, which has been highly effective at fighting a virus that can lead to lifelong infections and liver cancer.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Normal sources of nutrition for newborns, including breast milk, do not contain enough vitamin K to make up for this deficiency in the early months of life.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Tickets are on sale now, costing $35 for guests aged 14 and up and $30 for children aged 3-13, with free entry for toddlers 2 and younger.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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Other writing and translating work rolled in during the infants-and-toddlers period.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
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“Neonates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neonates. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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