preemies

variants also premies
plural of preemie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preemies
Noun
  • For guests traveling with infants, complimentary baby essentials, including bottle warmers, infant bathtubs, and nightlights, will be ready at check-in.
    Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • On Wednesday, June 17, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall for Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula after multiple infants got sick and were hospitalized with infant botulism after consuming the formula.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Feel the age-old urge to hold the newborn out to the red morning sun and give thanks.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • Some local initiatives are also beginning to develop, including a San Francisco program backed by private donations that aims to provide additional contributions for eligible newborns.
    Rick Unser, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • There have been publications about nicotine transmission and neonates after blood transfusion.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • For studies measuring neonates’ looking time at faces, this included 667 infants, half of them boys and half of them girls.
    Lise Eliot, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In these later seventeenth-century birth figures, which depict the interventions of hands and arms and rods and string, wombs are no longer playrooms for acrobatic toddlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Our Rainbow can teach toddlers all about the meaning of each color of the pride flag.
    Sarah Kate Ellis, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • It’s meant to go with the flow of kids’ pacing, which may mean spending a whole hour at a splash pad or being done after just a few experiences.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Last year, another manufacturer recalled its product — ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula — after an outbreak of infant botulism sickened dozens of babies across the country.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • The sickened babies were in California, Washington and Pennsylvania, according to the FDA notice.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • My office will continue to vigorously prosecute defendants who pose serious threats to our community’s safety, especially our children.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • Families with young children could ride all the rides, see the shows and meet multiple characters in a day, if lines aren’t too long, but the park isn’t meant to be treated like a checklist.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 June 2026
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“Preemies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preemies. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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