bassinet
noun
bas·si·net
ˌba-sə-ˈnet 
ˈba-sə-ˌnet
: a baby's basketlike bed (as of wickerwork or plastic) often with a hood over one end
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Helping place bassinets in hospitals, though, has helped Natalia Lopez heal and find hope once again.
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Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The proud mom shared a photo of the baby girl lying bundled in a bassinet.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
That summer, Regina’s baby, then a newborn, had spent the end of August there in her bassinet, spared from the heat inside, where only a sliver of sun would hit the eastward wall in the early morning.
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So, too, is the $1,700 bassinet, designed to automatically respond to the cries of a newborn by gently rocking the baby back to sleep.
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Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The proud mom shared a photo of the baby girl lying bundled in a bassinet.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
That summer, Regina’s baby, then a newborn, had spent the end of August there in her bassinet, spared from the heat inside, where only a sliver of sun would hit the eastward wall in the early morning.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
So, too, is the $1,700 bassinet, designed to automatically respond to the cries of a newborn by gently rocking the baby back to sleep.
—Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Bassinet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bassinet. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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bassinet
noun
bas·si·net
ˌbas-ə-ˈnet
: an infant's bed often with a hood over one end
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