nurslings

Definition of nurslingsnext
plural of nursling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurslings
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Family members of victims Diego Cardoso de Oliveira and his wife, Matilde Ramos Pinto, wanted guilty pleas instead of no contest pleas.
    Da Lin, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • During his time working for Epstein, Indyke was implicated in emails about erasing hard drives, and FBI interviews show that Epstein referred victims to Indyke in the event they were contacted by law enforcement, according to Department of Justice documents.
    Ava Berger, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In that time, the number of people admitted to hospitals in the state as inpatients due to heat increased 60%, from 990 to 1,578.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Outpatient services at the neighboring hospital were suspended and around 3,500 inpatients were evacuated, per the Post.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This technology is currently primarily aimed at helping restore quality of life for patients who’ve suffered things like spinal cord injuries, paralysis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or stroke damage.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The number of patients and their ages were not provided.
    Robert A. Cronkleton March 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party.
    Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The kids naturally played hoops, too.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Nurslings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurslings. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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