weanling

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Recent Examples of weanling White sharks gather near rookeries for a buffet as weanlings begin heading out to sea. Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025 The striped dolphin was a female weanling (newly independent from its mother) that stranded freshly deceased on Hampton Beach. Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023 Hungry weanlings trailing after their full-figured mothers. Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023 Dory originally purchased Chase the Chaos for $10,000 as a weanling in 2019. Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2023 Along with his final price as a 2-year-old, Morello was auctioned twice previously – for $140,000 as a weanling at the 2019 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale and for $200,000 as a yearling at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling Sale in Kentucky. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weanling
Noun
  • Number two, what a little time and compassion can do for neonates and orphans.
    Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 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
  • About 37% of parents reported reading to their newborns in 2022, down from 43% in 2018.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The National Sleep Foundation recommends 14 to 17 hours for newborns, 12 to 15 for infants, 11 to 14 for toddlers, 10 to 13 for preschoolers and 9 to 11 for school-age children.
    Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Last year, Connecticut doctors diagnosed a 6-year-old with SSPE, and in California, a school-age child who'd had measles as an infant died of it.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Monitoring for symptoms is especially critical for people who have not been vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, particularly infants under one year of age who are not routinely recommended for the vaccine.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The security guard had snapped a photo of the toddler and the woman accompanying her.
    Sydney Page The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
  • If that doesn’t paint enough of a picture, just envision trying to play with two toddlers in this jungle.
    Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Three adults and five juveniles were arrested after two people were stabbed on Wednesday at San Francisco's Dolores Park, police said.
    Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Report 21-16254-OF involves juveniles.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For the past two years, biologists with the Pennsylvania Game Commission have banded chicks born in the nest.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Cadbury mini eggs and chocolate chicks make a fun topping for the kids.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Ben Wang delivers a breakthrough performance in the title role as a kid who tries to conquer his anxiety issues head-on by running for class president.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • According to his lawyer, Jimenez was trying to encourage the agents to wrap up before the kids arrived.
    Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Going to the spa is a family affair, so expect to see lots of youngsters.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Comparative youngsters Toad the Wet Sprocket peaked commercially in the 1990s.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026

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“Weanling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weanling. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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