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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The infant’s family was all vaccinated.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Danny and Nia are traveling with their baby and a nanny, and Kristen and Luke, a Lincoln Logs set that can only make a shooting range, are also traveling with an infant, her sister, and brother-in-law, and so much emotional baggage that Jet Blue charged them $35 million in luggage fees.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • One video advertises access to a longer clip of a boy toddler being abused for less than three dollars.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • The toddler was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
    Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • This announcement came after two teens were arrested for allegedly robbing another juvenile at gunpoint during a teen link-up at THE AVENUE at White Marsh.
    CBS Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Bates said the suspects could be juveniles.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The chicks, born to piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket, emerged from their nest near Montrose Pier under the watchful eyes of volunteer bird monitors, who spent sunup to sundown waiting to confirm all four eggs had successfully hatched.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • The Kardashian crew cozied up together in coordinating chick pajamas on Easter morning.
    Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Take a bunch of kids who’ve never been out of East Tennessee.
    Holly Gleason, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Your support will help ease the financial burden and give Pam and her kids a sense of hope and security.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • That youngster had not traveled before getting infected.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • When a father in an England jersey led his young sons toward the concourse, one lingered behind long enough to see Croatia’s Martin Baturina score in the 36th minute, after which the youngster registered his disgust.
    Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026

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“Weanling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weanling. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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