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 program, better known as WIC, provides access to healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding education and referrals for other services to low-income pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, as well as infants and children up to age 5.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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Benefits for the federal nutrition program supporting women, infants, and children, also known as WIC, are flowing as usual for the time being, but they are projected to run dry in a matter of weeks.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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This support also ensures that Kids Planet has high employee retention rates, which Roberts says is valuable in a nursery environment where parents and children value consistency in their carers.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Israel unleased a ferocious response that has claimed the lives of more then 67,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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There are 23 Arche hotels across Poland, from Lublin to Wrocław, with more than 4,000 rooms in which babies may be made.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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This drug starves babies and harms mothers!—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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While over 80% of families start out breastfeeding their baby, roughly 19% of newborns have already received infant formula two days after birth.—
Ann Kellams,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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Parents bring home their newborns in Waymos.—
Saahil Desai,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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But parents who’ve raised their kids on berries — for the ease of chewing for toddlers, for the antioxidants — have also been pushed along by the very visible hand of the produce industry.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
3 Oct. 2025
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Best Toy for Playing Dress-Up Teaching toddlers how to get dressed is a snap with baby Mickey Mouse.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Neonates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neonates. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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