as in child
a recently born person
infants should be kept warm at all times
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Recent Examples of infant
Jaden Amos, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Related article Child in West Texas is first US measles death in a decade
Around 10% of cases have been in infants, who can have serious outcomes from measles, Dr. Jennifer Shuford, commissioner for the Texas department of State Health Services said on Friday.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
Williams is co-chairing an effort to create voluntary safety standards for infant wearable blankets — the broad term for sleep sacks and swaddles — through ASTM International, which develops standards for products through a collaborative process that is open to the public.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 16 June 2023
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Noun
Between the lines: Officials said the infant may have caught the disease while the family was traveling overseas — not as a consequence of the West Texas measles outbreak.
—Jaden Amos, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Related article Child in West Texas is first US measles death in a decade
Around 10% of cases have been in infants, who can have serious outcomes from measles, Dr. Jennifer Shuford, commissioner for the Texas department of State Health Services said on Friday.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen’s snuggly son Wren Stephens takes the infant crown of PEOPLE's Cutest Baby in 2023's Sexiest Man Alive issue.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
Williams is co-chairing an effort to create voluntary safety standards for infant wearable blankets — the broad term for sleep sacks and swaddles — through ASTM International, which develops standards for products through a collaborative process that is open to the public.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 16 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infant
Noun
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As a first-generation college graduate with an MBA, Mata was able to make a middle-class life for her child.—
Daisy Verduzco Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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She was obliged, as an enslaved woman in the antebellum South, to labor in his household for him, his wife and his children.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Based on the landmark findings of Shinya Yamanaka in 2006, the idea is that four key proteins can be used to send a cell back to its embryonic state, essentially removing all biomarkers of aging.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Feb. 2025
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Around the 14th day of embryonic development, a key stage in human growth called gastrulation kicks off.—
Kristen V. Brown,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2024
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The baby is believed to have been thrown from the second floor of the Ibis Styles hotel in eastern Paris, French prosecutors told CNN.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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The former field hockey star also expressed her aversion to extravagant birthday parties for babies.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Back in the Before Times, the pre-streaming era, budding young cinephiles learned about classic movies the old-fashioned way, by staying up past their bedtimes and tuning in to The Late, Late Show.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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During the research, one collaborator noticed that seagrasses grow complex colony patterns from budding clones — just like corals.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Feb. 2025
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According to the police department, the toddler used an old cellphone that can still be used to call 911 in an emergency but has no other functional use.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Beginning then, the center will offer only two preschool classes and will no longer have classes for infants, toddlers or Pre-K ages.—
Michael Slaten,
Orange County Register,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers simulated early Earth and how its primordial environment affected the color of the planet’s oceans.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Runaway camels and primordial volcano tremors make for clumsy attempts at literary symbolism, but such details — combined with a tourist culture that seems frozen in the ’80s, and a Dascha Dauenhauer score rooted in classic noir — contribute to the feeling of a place unstuck in time.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As politicians and policymakers insist that children are the future, many of them refuse to support the intensive caregiving required to transform newborns into functioning adults.—
Anna Mae Duane,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
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Still, there could be an opportunity to get a sneak peek at the newborn.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Some believe — and were trained to think — the disease begins in the germinal center, a structure in the lymph nodes where immune cells interact with antigens in a way that creates a powerful pathogen-fighting response (think vaccines and infections).—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
18 June 2022
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“Infant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infant. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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