as in child
a recently born person
infants should be kept warm at all times
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Recent Examples of infant
Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Approximately 12,500 infants each year—children who might otherwise face severe disability or even death—are identified and given a chance at a healthier life.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Marc Bernardin, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2024
The high contribution from the donor stem cells the research achieved is what gave the infant cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) a strange green tinge.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
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Noun
Fields swept the infant’s airway and checked for any signs of life.
—Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Approximately 12,500 infants each year—children who might otherwise face severe disability or even death—are identified and given a chance at a healthier life.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The devilish Goblin King gave protagonist Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) 13 hours to break free of his supernatural maze in order to save her infant half-brother, Toby.
—Marc Bernardin, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2024
The high contribution from the donor stem cells the research achieved is what gave the infant cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) a strange green tinge.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infant
Noun
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Most of the justices sounded sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want their elementary school children excused from class when the books are being read.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Parents may bring a folding stroller for free, one per child aged up to 23 months.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This technique lets researchers compare neuronal circuits, as Karten did, not only in adult brains but all the way through embryonic development, following Puelles.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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For one thing, the methods for growing and manipulating the embryonic precursors of avian sperm and eggs in a lab setting have been developed for only two birds: the chicken and, recently, the goose.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Inside are nestled a half-dozen standard-size dumplings of your choice, like nothing so much as a clutch of tiny, steamy babies, with a few drifts of black pepper freshly ground over the top.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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President Gerald Ford holds a Vietnamese baby on an Air Force bus in California in April 1975.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Its budding sweetness promises both a gorgeous glow and a more joyful makeup routine.—
María Munsuri,
Vogue,
23 Apr. 2025
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Here’s Who the Beach Read Queen Considers Her Inspirations (Exclusive) 03 of 10 'No Ordinary Love' by Myah Ariel Ella has the life most budding pop stars can only dream of, but she’s grown tired of her producer husband’s infidelities and has decided to divorce him.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The toddler had wandered away from his home in Seligman, Arizona, about 180 miles southeast of Las Vegas, and into rough terrain.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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The stakes here for the rule of law couldn’t be higher, but the right approach for courts should be familiar to anyone who has raised a toddler.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The company’s project involved recovering DNA of the extinct dire wolf from a fossil tooth found in Idaho and an ear bone in Ohio, parts of the animal’s primordial habitat, but the key was its editing of a donor genome of the gray wolf to alter 14 of its genes.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Her analysis of dreams taps into a primordial function that night visions played in human society long before Freud showed up.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2025
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In addition, the draft budget calls for terminating an array of HHS initiatives dedicated to helping families with newborns and young children.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The DTaP vaccine, given in childhood, is 90% effective, and the Tdap vaccine administered to pregnant women in the third trimester reduces pertussis cases in newborns by 77%.—
Amar Duggirala,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 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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That’s the germinal disc and an indication the egg is fertile.—
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Infant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infant. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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