nestlings

plural of nestling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nestlings
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
    Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Visit between mid-December to mid-January to see penguin chicks.
    Ashton Palmer, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • An unspecified number of juveniles are believed to have started a fire that heavily damaged a 129-year-old church Monday night in the small community of Leeton in southeast Johnson County, western Missouri, according to authorities.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Ultimately, 12 adults and two juveniles were arrested by the LAPD for failing to comply with dispersal orders, CBS Los Angeles reported.
    Madeline Armstrong, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The flower pots are filled, and the buds are ready to sprout, so don't walk by the gorgeous autumn blooms.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Light-green grass with tiny buds sprouting in between the stalks.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2020, health issues and a death left Harrison's mother unable to care for the kids, Kyla Rose and Emery.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The key to raising emotionally resilient kids is the ability to repair.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Nestlings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nestlings. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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