prematurity

Definition of prematuritynext

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Recent Examples of prematurity It's now known as retinopathy of prematurity. Gabriela Saldivia, Scientific American, 3 Dec. 2025 In fact, prematurity is the leading cause of infant mortality. Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prematurity
Noun
  • This legislation is our way to ensure that military readiness starts at home.
    JAMES HERRERA MONTEREY HERALD, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Preparing the Business and the Owner Exit readiness has two tracks.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The paradox of Gen Z’s willingness to use AI at the office, even amid persistent worries about the technology’s impact on critical thinking, lays bare the young generation’s complicated feelings toward AI, according to the report’s authors.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But the willingness to include more artists leaves critics’, viewers’, and performers’ existing Grammy gripes feeling particularly egregious.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The result — labor satire that hits without feeling like a prestige think piece — is uncanny in its timeliness.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the bills introduced in response to survivors’ experiences include attempts to address the transparency and timeliness related to insurers’ handling of fire claims.
    CalMatters, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Cody’s feud with Jacob Fatu was put in a microwave and heated up with quickness.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Shanahan started to take a second pass at everything Wilks did from early on in the 2023 season, and after the Niners lost the Super Bowl, he was canned with a quickness.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026

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“Prematurity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prematurity. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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