pacifier

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Recent Examples of pacifier The bigger question is how to manage your child’s pacifier and thumb sucking habits. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 May 2025 Testers appreciated that smaller bottle parts and pacifiers fit in the lid of the sterilizer. Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025 Three Men and a Baby Three handsome Manhattan bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson) find their dating rituals irreparably damaged when an unexpected new roommate — complete with crib, pacifier and diaper — shows up on their doorstep. Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 10 June 2025 Tove wore a pair of pale pink shorts and a white T-shirt, while her pacifier lay next to her stomach. Kayla Grant, People.com, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pacifier
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Noun
  • Lina cried, her beauty products serving as a security blanket of sorts.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • Mike Tomlin wanted Smith as a quick-outlet security blanket for the 41-year-old Rodgers.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • That includes chemotherapy treatments, sedatives, antibiotics and medications on hospital crash carts.
    Victoria Malis, ProPublica, 7 July 2025
  • Death Star, with its high THC content and sedative effects, can help Scorpios tap into their introspective side.
    Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • She was charged for intentionally distributing a drug called Tranq — a mix of Fentanyl and the animal tranquilizer Xylazine.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025
  • The drug, which is commonly used as a tranquilizer for large animals in veterinary medicine, causes extreme sedation, slow breathing and skin ulcers when ingested by humans.
    Molly Gibbs, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Boosters have been known to act as proxies for coaches, who accept NCAA rules prohibiting them from inducing recruits via compensation.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 July 2025
  • Edwards likens the idea of using proxies to political polling — directionally helpful but not precise.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • End-of-life patients in palliative or hospice care would also qualify for the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP), as the state’s medical cannabis program is known.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • End-of-life patients in palliative or hospice care would qualify patients for the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP), as the current state medical cannabis program is known.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Craig’s attorneys have not responded to requests for comment.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
  • Bell’s attorneys filed a similar petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, but the panel has not yet issued a ruling.
    David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite this, McAllister was permitted to enter without being asked to remove his chain, a factor that is believed to have contributed to his death.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 21 July 2025
  • But the looming presence of the vacant church property — particularly the church itself — is likely to remain a factor in the area’s future development, McArdle said.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025

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“Pacifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifier. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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