as in child
a recently born person
infants should be kept warm at all times
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Recent Examples of infant
Kate Sequeira,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The hepatitis B vaccine was licensed in 1981, and the CDC began recommending universal infant vaccination in 1991.
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Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
The recall was issued after the FDA identified 83 cases of infant botulism nationwide, with 13 of those having received ByHeart formula at some point.
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Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The median cost for full-time care for an infant in Los Angeles County was $1,209 a month at a family child-care home and $1,818 a month at a center in 2024, according to data from the California Budget & Policy Center.
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Kate Sequeira,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The hepatitis B vaccine was licensed in 1981, and the CDC began recommending universal infant vaccination in 1991.
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Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
Adjective
The narrative pairs her with Sister Ying, a detective investigating a series of infant corpse cases where bodies are discovered sealed in luxury apartment walls.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
The recall was issued after the FDA identified 83 cases of infant botulism nationwide, with 13 of those having received ByHeart formula at some point.
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Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infant
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Harry's decision comes amid an ongoing security fiasco concerning the safety of Meghan Markle and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
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Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
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One protein called periostin appeared strongly in the shark notochord (a structure that helps organize embryonic development).
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In the early 2000s, when researchers first began using embryonic stem cells, many institutions added a second review step involving what’s known as a stem cell research oversight (SCRO) committee.
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During pregnancy, iron demand increases to support both the baby and placenta, while postpartum recovery can further lower ferritin due to blood loss.
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Inside a Humboldt Park apartment, four children, including a 4-month-old baby, spent Monday trying to cope with the extreme heat.
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Following the characters’ daily lives as tweens, the series shows us a much more vulnerable Angelica (Cheryl Chase), and a not-so-bald Tommy’s (Elizabeth Daily) imagination evolving into a budding filmmaking career.
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Brown secured Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour that week, solidifying his status as one of the game’s youngest and hottest budding stars.
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After Micah’s birth, Lauryn posted a statement on X clarifying that Rohan was not her newborn's father.
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About half of the newborns in the program received a $1,000 grant deposited in an Oklahoma 529 college savings account.
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Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
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At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
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Paramedics took the child to the hospital, where the toddler died, Grace Mariot, a police spokeswoman, said.
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The Folsom Police Department asked for help Saturday after officers found a toddler without their parents.
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President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill.
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Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.
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“Infant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infant. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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