pacifier

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Recent Examples of pacifier Latex or silicone pacifiers cost between $3 and 5, while natural rubber pacifiers are closer to $8-$12. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025 The decorated soccer played added several snaps of him and Harper embracing one another throughout the years, including an adorable photo of Harper as a toddler with a pacifier in her mouth hugging David. Kayla Grant, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Items like pacifiers and teething rings also fit well and come out fully sanitized. Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 8 July 2025 There is no magic age that your child should stop using a pacifier or sucking their thumb. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pacifier
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Noun
  • The Eagles haven't been able to throw the ball really at all this season, and now Hurts doesn't have his security blanket at the right tackle spot.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • However, gold prices carry volatility of their own, especially when buyers enter the market at a high point, risking losses instead of a security blanket.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier this week, Canada’s top trade negotiator Dominic LeBlanc said Canada still had leverage in any trade negotiation as the trade war was also hurting American businesses.
    Paula Newton, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • After that, the city's labor negotiator switched to a different role and further staffing changes continued to delay the negotiation process.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Popular since the Soviet days, Validol, a mild sedative sold over the counter, flies off the shelves in tens of millions each year.
    Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • At higher doses, kratom can be used as a sedative and potentially cause psychosis.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Jacintha, a horseback rider, was familiar with ketamine as a horse tranquilizer but had never heard of it as a last-stop mental health treatment for treatment-resistant patients like Lucy, who was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Iran Remains a Spoiler For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has sought to use Palestinian proxies as a tool to disrupt and destabilize Israel.
    Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Many of these landslides are caused by earthquakes, making turbidite layers a useful proxy for pinpointing past seismic events.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Most people do not understand how effective good palliative and hospice care is at identifying and treating all types of suffering.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • At the time, Robach was still married to actor Andrew Shue and Holmes was still married to attorney Marilee Fiebig.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Scott, an attorney and former aspiring politician, was previously married to Ronna Romney from 1967 to 1992 and Sheri Jelalian from 2011 to 2016.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The factors that influence GDP growth are labor and productivity, and the Gulf already has an edge in finding workers — both expats and a young local population.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Work life balance is the third factor.
    Adam Gale, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Pacifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifier. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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