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
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
Noun
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The building had served for decades as the site of intake operations for single men and families without children, and, in addition to assigning people to shelters around the city, Bellevue itself also offered hundreds of beds.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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State and city health officials are now considering whether to recommend continued immunization for infants even beyond the end of March in response to the unusual RSV activity at the moment, Borah said.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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In the two years since a nonprofit organization took over care of foster children in several North Texas counties, two infants have died and countless other children have been put in danger by the agency’s poor management, according to court documents.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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However, the need to vaccinate babies against common deadly pathogens is not one of those subjects.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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If robots can train doctors to deliver babies today, what other parts of healthcare might soon be practiced first in simulation labs instead of hospitals?—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And if a mother kept a piece of jasper on hand throughout her child’s infancy, they would both be protected from malign spirits of the air and from the tongue of the ancient serpent that was hell‑bent on ensnaring newborns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Illinois also broke with federal vaccine recommendations on other occasions last year, deciding to continue to recommend hepatitis B vaccines for nearly all newborns and to continue to recommend COVID-19 vaccines for all children ages 6 to 23 months.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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One recent event, a tea party for toddlers and their parents, filled the room with about 50 people and left dozens more on a waiting list.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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California has introduced universal prekindergarten, and New York City is expanding its prekindergarten program to 2-year-olds, giving toddlers an early start on learning.—
Moriah Balingit,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Neonates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neonates. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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