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Noun
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The quiet, rhythmic suckling that babies do when feeding.—
Aisha Muharrar,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Their texture and design mimics a nipple, so babies respond well to the familiar suckling apparatus.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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That's when Hausman, with an infant to care for, was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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MedGlobal cared for one infant, Rafeef, who weighed just four pounds at birth.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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But what to do about an illness that no one fully understands, least of all the sufferer?—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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And yet he’s shown up for mayoral forum after mayoral forum, urging residents to embrace a platform that would block many of the mayor’s socially conscious initiatives, like $50 college savings accounts for the city’s newborns.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the comments section of the post, Cincinnati Zoo fans and attendees celebrated the newborn's moniker.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Out went the restrained décor of previous administrations; in came gilt cherubs, Rococo mirrors, and medallions gleaming with theatrical flair.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
3 Aug. 2025
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Trump has also made significant decorative changes to the Oval Office, incorporating gold accents, cherubs and other ornate touches, and has installed large flagpoles to display American flags on both the north and south lawns.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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There were grim meetings with every male foundling who landed on the streets or showed up at city hospitals.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2025
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But Mufasa's welcome is no kinder than the reception Dickens doled out to the foundlings scattered throughout his novels.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
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Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The scientists also found several neonates and newborns in the area, Pardo-Pérez tells Flora Lichtman of Science Friday, which suggests that the site served as a nursery for the prehistoric animals.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 July 2025
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Deputies arrived at the home and the toddler was sent to a local hospital where he was later declared dead, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Nancy Meyers and Diane Keaton first teamed up on Baby Boom, the 1987 film that finds Keaton’s character unexpectedly inheriting a toddler.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Nursling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursling. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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