infancy

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Recent Examples of infancy The system challenges the idea that gas giant planets form at distances equivalent to 2 to 3 times the distance between Earth and the sun in the disks of gas and dust that surround stars during their infancy. Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 June 2026 The latest interstellar visitor to be discovered in our solar system was born somewhere in the universe that was nothing like our home and, according to a new study, a time long before the solar system even formed—in the infancy of the cosmos. Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 22 June 2026 The nine documents are divided into three glass cases, each one marking different moments in America’s infancy. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 And as if that wasn’t enough, the biggest, most in-your-face reason to applaud Genesis for its performance last weekend simply comes down to the fact that the automaker is still in its infancy. Jerry Perez, The Drive, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for infancy
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Noun
  • His arms, still rounded with the softness of babyhood, were raised; his hands behind his head.
    Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Like the real lives of American teens, the show made the everyday problems of high school and teen relationships feel like life and death, giving a gravitas to adolescence desperately needed.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • The World Health Organization’s definition of adolescence from 10-19 years of age is not a categorization routinely used for surgical decision-making.
    Kavitha Ranganathan, STAT, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Allen compared the immaturity to how his youngest daughter, 17-year-old Elizabeth, used to act whenever there was a romantic scene in a movie.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • It’s been a long 3½ years for Gio Reyna, whose promising career has been derailed by a string of injuries, bouts of immaturity and an aborted loan deal to England’s Nottingham Forest.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2026

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“Infancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infancy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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