preemies

variants also premies
Definition of preemiesnext
plural of preemie
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Noun
  • In fact, infants start out being able to process multiple temporal patterns equally well, but specialize across the first year in the patterns common to their culture, losing the ability to process others.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Cassidy, a medical doctor, has broken with the HHS secretary on multiple occasions, including slamming a change to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants and calling for the postponement of key vaccine advisory panel meetings.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Fathers protecting newborns Wind roars with such force the steel beams supporting the hospital’s top floors twist 4 inches.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • Hormones grow the helpless newborn into a rough-and-tumble toddler who gains height through the hormones that lengthen the bones.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There were toddlers among the abducted children, according to the outlet.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • On a bench outside, as mums with their toddlers drink coffee, Trusty is talking about his start in a sport he was mocked for playing as a youngster.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • The bill would specifically forbid practices that Black Bear, the Stars and other companies have used to monopolize and vertically integrate the youth sports experience in hockey and beyond, driving up costs for families and pricing out many kids.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • DJs and live music carry through the day, with a classic car show, a Hair and Fashion Show, and kids’ areas with games, inflatables, and pony rides scattered throughout.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • At least 40 Mexicans have died of measles complications since the start of 2025, ranging from babies to middle-age farmworkers, according to the Mexican Health Ministry.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
  • Not opportunistically picking off babies from the ground.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • The comments came two weeks after the House rejected DeSantis’ push to pass bills to expand vaccine exemptions for children entering public schools and to install consumer-friendly regulations on artificial intelligence products and companies.
    Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2026
  • The many Luderer family members (Brian has four children and Matt has six daughters) have united to keep the faith.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
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“Preemies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preemies. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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